II Identification
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1332 – Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Water off the Coast of Somalia – (16 June 2009) - Annex 2 - Additional Guidance for Vessels Engaged in Fishing, Supplementary to the Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Coast of Somalia - II Identification

II Identification

  1. Managers are strongly recommended to register their fishing vessels with MSCHOA for the whole period of activity off the coast of Somalia. This should include communicating a full list of the crewmen on board and their vessels’ intentions, if possible.

  2. Carry out training prior to passage or fishing operations in the area.

  3. Whenever fishing vessels are equipped with VMS devices, their manager should provide MSCHOA with access to VMS data.

  4. Fishing vessels should avoid sailing through areas where they have been informed that suspected pirate “mother ships” had been identified and should use all means to detect, as soon as possible, any movement of large or small vessels that could be suspicious.

  5. Fishing vessels should always identify themselves upon request from aircraft or ships from Operation ATALANTA or other international or national anti-piracy operation.

  6. Military, merchant and fishing vessels should respond without delay to any identification request made by a fishing vessel being approached (in order to facilitate early action to make escape possible, especially if the vessel is fishing).

Parent topic: Annex 2 - Additional Guidance for Vessels Engaged in Fishing, Supplementary to the Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Coast of Somalia
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