This Resolution of Parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) requires each Party shall ensure that each of its vessels that has been assigned a Dolphin Mortality Limit (DML) is inspected twice a year, to ensure that the dolphin safety gear and equipment requirements in Section 2 of Annex VIII of the AIDCP have been met. The first such inspection shall be carried out before the vessel’s request for a DML is submitted (October 1 for full-year DMLs, April 1 for second-semester DMLs), and the second before the notification of any reallocation of DMLs (May 20) for vessels with full-year DMLs, and during the last quarter of the year for vessels with second-semester DMLs.
2004-06-09