Upon a request from the Commission, a Member State shall submit annual reports containing aggregate data on the number of vessels flying its flag that are involved in deep-sea fishing, their fishing area, the type of gear, the size, the number of each type of fishing authorisations issued, their originating port, the total deep-sea fishing opportunities available to its vessels and the aggregate percentage of the use of such fishing opportunities.
Ar iarraidh a fháil dóibh ón gCoimisiún, déanfaidh Ballstát tuarascálacha bliantúla a thíolacadh ina bhfuil sonraí comhiomlána maidir le líon na soithí a bhfuil a mbratach ar foluain orthu, a bhfuil baint acu leis an iascaireacht dhomhainfharraige, maidir lena limistéar iascaireachta, an cineál trealaimh, an méid, an líon de gach cineál de na húdaruithe iascaireachta a eisíodh, a gcuid calafort tionscnaimh, iomlán na ndeiseanna iascaireachta domhainfharraige ar fáil dá shoithí agus céatadán comhiomlán na ndeiseanna iascaireachta sin a úsáideadh.