Transhipment at Sea

12. Transhipment outside the territorial sea should be regulated to prevent illegal fishers from using it to launder their catches. Stronger monitoring, control and surveillance of both fishing and carrier vessels is a priority. To implement this, countries should:
12.1 monitor and control the transhipment of fisheries resources; and
12.2 establish control measures such as vessel registers, mandatory notification of the intention to tranship and the application of vessel monitoring systems.