CMM 2023-01 22

22. 

1. CCMs shall also encourage their flag vessels to:
   (a) responsibly manage the number of drifting FADs deployed each year;
   (b) carry equipment on board to facilitate the retrieval of lost drifting FADs;
   (c) make reasonable efforts to retrieve lost drifting FADs;
   (d) report the loss of drifting FADs to CCM fisheries authorities, and if the
   loss occurred in the EEZ of a coastal State, also report the loss to the coastal
   State concerned; and
   (e) initiate retrieval programs for lost, abandoned or stranded FADs through
   cooperative initiatives among fishing vessels or other vessels implementing
   programmes for the recovery of such FADs.
2.  CCMs are encouraged to report annually to the Commission on the effort to implement
   each item of this paragraph 22(1).
3. The FADMO IWG shall consider any information provided by CCMs on their
   implementation of paragraph 22(1) to enable the development of recommendations to TCC and
   the Commission on lost, abandoned, or stranded dFADs in 2025.

23. The Commission no later than 2026 based on consideration of the FAD Management Options Working Group shall review the effectiveness of the limit on the number of FADs deployed as set out in paragraph 21 and whether the current limit of 350, or any limit, is appropriate and provide advice on the monitoring of FADs.