Specific obligations and duties of the vessel

(1) Any vessel selected for an observation shall be capable of meeting the national or international requirements (as appropriate) for the safety, accommodation, sanitary facilities, meals, equipment and communication system, equivalent to those afforded to an officer. The operator and each crew member of the vessel, or license holder in respect of any vessel, on which an observer is placed, shall allow and assist the observer to– (a) board such vessel at such time and place as the Director may require; and (b) have full access to and the use of facilities, gear and equipment on board the vessel which the observer may determine is necessary to carry out his duties including– (i) any fish on board the vessel which may be sold, processed, weighed and stored; (ii) the bridge and the communication and navigation equipment of the vessel; and 78 (iii) the documents and records, including all logbooks of the vessel whether required to be carried and maintained under the Act or otherwise for the purpose, including record inspection and copying; (c) receive and transmit messages and communicate with shore and other vessels by means of the vessel’s communication equipment; (d) take measure, remove from the vessel and retain samples or whole specimens of any fish; (e) store samples and whole specimens on the including samples and whole specimens held in the vessel’s freezing facilities; (f) take photographs of the fishing operation, including fish, gear, equipment, documents, charts and records and remove from the vessel such photographs or film as he may have taken or used on board the vessel for reporting to the BHSFU; (g) disembark at such time and place as the Director may require or in accordance with other instructions; and (h) carry out all duties safely. (2) Any operator of a vessel licensed under the Act shall allow and assist an observer to have full access to any place where fish taken is unloaded or transhipped, to remove reasonable samples for scientific purposes and to gather any other information relating to the area where fish was caught; and the provision in subregulation (1) shall mutatis mutandis apply in such circumstances.