" The purpose of the sanitary inspection referred to in Section 137 above shall be to: - ensure compliance with the official nomenclature set out for marketable species; - ensure compliance with the minimum marketable size of species; - check the source of the catch; and - ensure that fishery products are good for consumption."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.
➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.
➡ person who engages in fishing activities, or is employed or engaged in any capacity or carrying out an occupation on board any fishing vessel, including persons working on board who are paid on the basis of a share of the catch but excluding pilots, naval personnel, other persons in the permanent service of a government, shore-based persons carrying out work aboard a fishing vessel and fisheries observers.
➡ any activity related to the culture, management, harvest, processing or marketing of aquatic animals (finfish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, etc.) or plants (seaweeds, alga, etc.).
➡ minimum size of a fisheries product authorised to be placed on the market, in a particular region.