Question for written answerE-009707-14to the CommissionRule 130Raymond Finch(EFDD)(26 November 2014)Subject: Fisheries partnership agreement with the Republic of Cape Verde

Annex G to the 1990 Fisheries Agreement between the EEC and the Republic of Cape Verde

OJ L 212, 9.8.1990, p. 3.

allowed the Cape Verdean authorities to request that EEC-registered vessels (of more than 150 Gross Registered Tonnage) be accompanied by a local observer. Chapter VII of the annex to the 2006 agreement, however, has scrapped this right and stipulates that observers are to be appointed by ICCAT, the regional fisheries management organisation

OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 3.

. The text of neither agreement appears to allow observers to stay on board throughout the entire trip in the Cape Verde Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

1.Are observers allowed to stay on board during the whole trip in the Cape Verde EEZ?

2.If not, why not?

3.If not, how is it ensured that the whole catch taken out of the water, including bycatch and discards, is fully controlled?