EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN (EAP) (Submitted by Singapore)

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) shall ensure that the observer provider, and the Secretariat are immediately notified of the incident, actions taken or underway to address the situation, and any assistance that may be required. [...] In the event that there are reasonable grounds to believe an ROP observer has been assaulted, intimidated, threatened, or harassed such that their health or safety is endangered and the observer or the observer provider indicates to SFA that they wish for the observer to be removed from the fishing vessel, the Singapore vessel shall: a) immediately takes action to preserve the safety of the observ. [...] In the event that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an ROP observer has been assaulted, intimidated, threatened, or harassed but neither the observer nor the observer provider wishes that the observer be removed from the fishing vessel, the Singapore vessel shall: a) take action to preserve the safety of the observer and mitigate and resolve the situation on board as soon as possible; b. [...] In the event that, after disembarkation from a fishing vessel of an ROP observer, an observer provider identifies, such as during the course of debriefing the observer, a possible situation involving assault or harassment of the observer while on board the fishing vessel, the observer provider shall notify, in writing, SPF and the Secretariat. [...] If notified, under paragraph 5b, 6b, or 8, that an observer has been assaulted or harassed, SPF shall: a) investigate the event based on the information provided by the observer provider and take any appropriate action in response to the results of the investigation; b) cooperate fully in any investigation conducted by the observer provider, including providing the report to the observer provider.