The master of a vessel, or any other person responsible for the vessel's operation, shall be required to take on board the scientific observer whom the Member State has assigned for his vessel, unless this is not possible for security reasons.
Beidh sé de cheangal ar mháistir an tsoithigh, nó ar aon duine eile atá freagrach as oibriú an tsoithigh, an breathnóir eolaíochta a thógáil ar bord a shann an Ballstát don soitheach sin, ach amháin sa chás nach féidir sin a dhéanamh ar chúiseanna slándála.