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regulations II/3, II/4 and II/5 and the requirement of the use of English language to personnel serving on board a

fishing vessel of less than 45 metres in length operating exclusively from its ports and fishing within its limited

waters, may determine which of these regulations should not apply, wholly or in part, to such personnel, without

derogation from the principles of safety in the Convention. In such a case, the Administration concerned shall

report to the Secretary-General on the details of the measures it has taken with respect to the training and

certification of such personnel.

Regulation 3

Certificates and endorsements

1 – Certificates for fishing vessel personnel shall only be issued if the requirements for service, age, medical

fitness, training, qualification and examinations are met in accordance with these regulations.

2 – A certificate issued by a Party in compliance with paragraph 1 shall be endorsed by that Party attesting

the issue of that certificate in the form as prescribed in appendix 1 or appendix 2.

3 – Certificates and endorsements shall be issued in the official language or languages of the issuing country.

If the language used is not English, the text shall include a translation into that language.

4 – In respect of radio operators, Parties may:

.1 - Include the additional knowledge required by regulation II/6 in the examination for the issue of a certificate

complying with the Radio Regulations; or

.2 - Issue a separate certificate indicating that the holder has the additional knowledge required by regulation

II/6.

5 – The Administration which has recognized a certificate issued by or under the authority of another Party in

compliance with regulation 7 shall issue an endorsement attesting the recognition of that certificate in the form

prescribed in appendix 3.

6 – The endorsement shall expire as soon as the certificate endorsed expires or is withdrawn, suspended or

cancelled by the Party which issued it and, in any case, not more than five years after the date of issue.

7 – Any appropriate certificate issued under the provisions of the 1978 STCW Convention, for the holder to

serve as a Chief Engineer Officer, an Engineer Officer or Radio Operator, shall be deemed to be a corresponding

certificate for the purposes of paragraph 1 with regard to fishing vessels.

8 – Subject to the variations permitted under appendices 1, 2 and 3, Administrations may use a format different

from the format given in those appendices provided that such format contains, as a minimum, the required

information and that the particulars are inserted in Roman characters and Arabic figures.

Regulation 4

Control procedures

1 – Control exercised by a duly authorized officer under article 8 shall be limited to the following:

.1 - Verification that all fishing vessel personnel serving on board who are required to be certificated by this

Convention are so certificated or hold the required dispensation. Such certificates shall be accepted unless there

are clear grounds for believing that a certificate has been fraudulently obtained or that the holder of a certificate

is not the person to whom that certificate was originally issued; and

.2 - Assessment of the ability of the fishing vessel personnel to maintain watchkeeping standards as required

by the Convention if there are clear grounds for believing that such standards are not being maintained, because

the following have occurred:

.2.1 - The vessel has been involved in a collision, grounding or stranding; or

.2.2 - There has been a discharge of substances from the vessel when underway, at anchor or at berth which

is illegal under international conventions; or

.2.3 - The vessel has been manoeuvred in an erratic or unsafe manner, whereby routeing measures adopted

by the Organization, or safe navigation practices and procedures, have not been followed; or

.2.4 - The vessel is otherwise being operated in such a manner as to pose a danger to persons, property or