In order to improve data gathering with a view to scientific monitoring of certain marine species that are incidentally caught in fishing gears, masters of fishing vessels should be obliged to record incidental catches of the marine species concerned.
D'fhonn feabhas a chur ar bhailiú sonraí i bhfianaise faireacháin eolaíoch ar speiceas áirithe muirí a ghabhtar de thaisme i bhfearas iascaireachta, ba cheart go mbeadh oibleagáid ar mháistrí soitheach iascaireachta gabhálacha de thaisme na speiceas muirí lena mbaineann a thaifeadadh.