Lessons learned on Thailands Port State Measures Implementation

Lessons learned on Thailand’s Port State Measures Implementation for combating Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing The 6 th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) 19 Feb 2019, Bangkok, Thailand Thira RODCHEVID, Port State Measures Implementation Group, Fish Quarantine and Inspection Division, Department of Fisheries, Thailand

Background • Tuna is highly migratory specie which is conserved and managed by regional and International. • Thailand imported 805, 801 tonnes (2018) of Tuna each year. • 80% of imported tunas transported through foreign refrigerated cargo vessels. • Thailand fully implemented PSMA for controlling and inspecting foreign-flagged vessel and its catches. • The e-Traceability is an important innovation to increase the capacity and capability to control fish and fish products throughout the chain of custody.

The 4 key elements for implementation of Thailand’s PSM Legal Framework MCS Scheme ETraceability System Cooperation

Legal Framework Oct 2014 FAO Pilot Project on PSM Implementation at Phuket Port Oct 2015 Start PSM Implementation (Voluntary Implementation) Nov 2015 Royal Ordinance on Fisheries B. E. 2558 (2015) May 2016 Ratified PSMA May 2017 e-PSM System implementation Jun 2017 Royal Ordinance on Fisheries (Revised) B. E. 2560 (2017) June 2018 Complete e-Traceability system for imported fish

BEFORE ENTRY TO PORT Advance Request for port Entry (AREP) form Request entry to port (e -PSM) AREP analysis • • Copy of valid vessel registration Copy of valid transshipment license Copy of transshipment declaration Copy of stowage plan Copy of port clearance Copy of valid donor vessel registration Copy of valid fishing license of donor vessel • Identity checks • AIS analysis • Validate licenses/ authorisations • Produce risk assessment Risks investigated Additional information requested • Licenses • Positional data Allow or deny entry to port Marine Department Customs Department Authorize port entry regarding safety Authorize port entry regarding importation

INSPECTION AT PORT AREP risk assessment used to target the inspection 100% of carriers inspected Onboard investigation Navigation logbook/fishing Logbook Master interview Original document check / Emails Hatch Temperature Logbook Navigation devices (AIS, GPS, and VMS) Allow or deny offload If legality confirmed and risks mitigated, authorise offload Issue Port Inspection Report via e-PSM system Inspection results recorded in e-PSM system Shared with the Marine Department E-PSM system linked with Fisheries Single Window (FSW) to grant Import Permit

OFFLOADING CONTROL At Port Crosscheck weight of each donor vessel with stowage plan PSM system Seal truck and issue ticket At Processing Plant / Cold Storage Confirm and cut seal control actual weight and species at cold storage

Electronic traceability system FSW system E-PSM system AREP Port Inspection Report Import Permit Inspect Transhipment (port) PSE system Inspect Transhipment (factory) Import Movement Document Processing Statement (EU)/Self Declaration (non-EU) Export Permit

Cooperation with flag, coastal, port States, Inter-agencies, Regional/International Organizations flag, coastal, port States • Vessel and catch Verification IOTC • IOTC e-PSM System • Annual report to IOTC FFA • Vessel Verification Interpol • Cooperation on the case among related countries • Reality training for evidence collecting

SUCCESSFUL CASES The Illegal fishing vessel CHOTCHAINAVEE 35 (Djiboutian-Flagged) in Somali waters (Prevented 440 tones of IUU catches) 9 Vessels that claimed to be Bolivian flag (All 9 vessels have been listed in IOTC IUU Vessels List) Rejection of the 46 Djiboutian containers which contained fish from the 4 IOTC IUU fishing vessels caught in Somali (Rejected 1, 310 tones of IUU catches) The Wisdom Sea Reefer (Honduran-Flagged) which illegally transshipped fish in Somali waters (Wisdom Sea Reefer has been listed in IOTC IUU Vessels List)