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| Procedure Name | Catch certification |
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| Description |
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Category
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Registration
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| Responsible Agency |
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Address: 3rd Floor,New Secretariat Maligawatta, Colombo 10
Phone: +94112446183, +94112973138
Email: depfish@fisheries.gov.lk
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| Legal base of the Procedure |
No.2 of 1996 Fisheries And Aquatic Resources Act
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Required Documentations
| No. |
Type |
Notes |
| 1. |
simplified catch certificate (SCC) / regular catch certificate |
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| 2. |
The fishing operations license |
should be remain valid. |
| 3. |
The duly completed and certified DFAR prescribed “Fish catch validation certificate” (specimen attached as Annex VII to this document) shall be produced. |
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| 5. |
Duly completed log book sheets shall be produced |
- If the catches taken from IMUL boat, a copy of the log book sheet with original stamp and signed by the Fisheries Officer should be produced and if the catches from the small boats (OFAR boats) catch validation certificate in given format submitted by fish supplier should be produced
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| 6. |
The registration of the fishing boat and the fishing operations license/ the high seas fishing license |
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| 7 |
Packing list |
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| 8 |
Invoice |
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Process Steps
| tep 1 |
Processor/exporter should submit the duly completed catch certificate with relevant documents and log sheets for the caches obtained for the consignment intended to be exported to EU countries to the Quality Control Division at Bandaranayake International Airport (QCD-BIA) for validation.
Catch certificate should be submitted to QCD-BIA for validation at least 5 hours before the shipment
High Seas Fishing Unit (HSFU) sends the information in the format “Verification of VMS Information” with regard to fish landed by fishing boats operating in high sea. This report sent by HSFU to QCD within eight hours after fish landed.
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| Step 2 |
QCD-BIA will validate the catch certificate applied by processor/exporter for the catches obtained from the fishing boats based on the verification report sent by HSFU and details of the certified copy of the log sheet |
| Step 3 |
If satisfied, the submitted documents with legal requirements and the SCC/RCC will be validated
QCD-BIA shall release the original set of the validated SCC/RCC to the processor/exporter and retain a set of copies for documentary evidence
If not satisfied the documents will be rejected and returned to the applicant and informed the reasons.
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*If the shipment is canceled, the applicant should return the un-used catch certificate(s) within one week for cancellations and removal.
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| Category | Export |
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The following form/s are used in this procedure
This procedure applies to the following measures
| Name | Measure Type | Agency | Description | Comments | Legal Document | Validity To | Measure Class |
| Catch certification | Licensing Requirement | | Catches obtained from the small boats the processor/exporter should apply for a Simplified Catch Certificate (SCC) and if the catches obtained from large boats for Regular Catch Certificate (RCC) | Catches obtained from the small boats the processor/exporter should apply for a Simplified Catch Certificate (SCC) and if the catches obtained from large boats for Regular Catch Certificate (RCC) | Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act | 31-12-9999 | Good |
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