Amendments To The Agreement On The International Dolphin Conservation Program, (amending Annex II (12), Annex IV (II) 1, adopted at Meeting #8)

Filename: 2002B-Amendments-1998-DolphinConservation.EN.txt

 Amendments to Annex II (12) and Annex IV (II) 1 of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program

Source: http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/AIDCP-amendments-Oct-2009.pdf, downloaded 20120420

The following amendments were adopted on 10 October 2002 at the 8th meeting of the Parties.

Annex II (12):

NEW:

12. Observer Data

a. Observer data shall be the basis to determine if:

i. a vessel has met or exceeded its DML;

ii. a Party has met or exceeded its national DML; or

iii. the fleet has met or exceeded a per-stock, per year dolphin mortality cap.

b. Any Party wishing to object to the observer data must provide to the IRP the reasons for and the evidence to support such objection;

c. The IRP will review the evidence provided by the Party and provide a recommendation to the Meeting of the Parties for their consideration;

d. The Parties will review the evidence and the recommendation of the IRP and make a decision as to the merits of the objection and whether the observer data should be modified.

Annex IV (II) 1:

Original language:

… or which is assigned a second-semester DML and does not set on dolphins by December 31 of that year, …

Amended language:

… or which is assigned a second-semester DML and does not set on dolphins by October 1 of that year, …