CCAMLR

AFRICAN IUU CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP AND EXPENDITURE FROM THE CDS FUND
- REPORT TO CCAMLR-XXIX
Abstract
This paper provides a report in accordance with Conservation Measure 10-05, Annex 10-05/B, paragraph B2(ix) on the progress of a proposal for expenditure from the CDS Fund to conduct an African capacity building event aimed at combating IUU fishing. The proposal was submitted to CCAMLR-XXVIII in CCAMLR-XXVIII/38.
Summary
1. Representatives from twelve African coastal States attended this capacity-building event focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the CCAMLR Convention Area. The workshop was successful in raising awareness of IUU fishing and CCAMLR more widely and identified opportunities and strategies to strengthen controls. The commitment and positive response of those present gave encouragement for the improved deterrence of IUU for the longer term, and raised the prospect of holding similar regional events in future years.
Background
2. At CCAMLR-XXVII the Commission endorsed SCIC’s recommendation to amend Conservation Measure 10-05 so as to link the CDS Fund and the Policy to Enhance Cooperation between CCAMLR and non-Contracting Parties. The Commission hoped this link would assist and encourage those Members wishing to help non-Contracting Parties, in particular developing States, to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing in the Convention Area.

ABSTRACT
The paper presents an estimate of IUU catches of toothfish during the 2009/10 fishing season, using the
standard, compliance derived methodology.
The paper was revised on 4 October 2010 to take into account new information submitted in
respect of two vessels fishing in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.4a. Changes from version 1 are
highlighted in bold.

ESTIMATION OF IUU CATCHES OF TOOTHFISH INSIDE THE
CONVENTION AREA DURING THE 2009/10 FISHING SEASON
BACKGROUND
The Secretariat has prepared an estimate of IUU catches of Dissostichus spp. in the
Convention Area for the 2009/10 season using the existing compliance-derived methodology.
This methodology calculates total IUU catch levels as a product of the fishing time of IUU
vessels and likely daily catch rates. The fishing time of IUU vessels is based on reports on
the presence of IUU vessels in the Convention Area. Verified reports of undocumented
landings and trade may also be taken into consideration if they show that IUU fishing for
toothfish has occurred and which has not already been attributed to a sighting report.
Information on the estimated number of days fished has generally been obtained from reports
of patrols and inspections, the CDS database or from the logbooks of IUU vessels where
available. Catch rates of IUU vessels are generally based on catch and effort reports from
licensed longline fisheries from the same area unless more precise information is available,
eg. information from IUU vessels.
2. At CCAMLR-XXVIII, the Secretariat was also requested to provide revised estimates
for gillnet catches for previous years and estimates of IUU catches of both D. eleginoides and
D. mawsoni (CCAMLR-XXVIII, paragraph 9.12).

FLAG STATUS OF SOME VESSELS ON THE NCP-IUU VESSEL LIST
In June 2010, the EU forwarded a report that Togo had instigated proceedings to
deregister the Togolese-flagged fishing vessels Bigaro, Carmela, Typhoon-1, Chu Lim, Rex
and Zeus which are all included on the NCP-IUU Vessel List.
2. According to the report, proceedings to de-register the vessels commenced in April
and concluded on 15 June 2010. All Members were informed via Comm Circ 10/63 and
CCAMLR's IUU Vessel List was amended on 24 June 2010.
3. Since that time, however, a number of reports have been received regarding the
activities of some of these vessels:
(i) Bigaro was sighted by France fishing inside Division 58.5.1 of the CCAMLR
Convention Area on 8 June. The vessel was identified by France as Togolese flagged and the
master of the vessel verbally advised that the vessel was operated by 'Americaga Laica' of
Lome, Togo. The vessel was using its Togolese call sign 5BVO3.
(ii) Chu Lim arrived in Singapore on 5 August 2010 after calling at Penang, Malaysia.
The vessel was reported by Singapore authorities to be flagged to Togo. The vessel was using
its Togolese call sign 5VCM2

Director-General of Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture
Subsecretaría General del Mar
Dirección General de Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura
To: Mr. Andrew Wright
Executive Secretary
CCAMLR
Copy to: His Excellency, Ambassador of Spain in Australia
DG.Marc - European Commission, Brussels
Subject: Presence of IUU vessel in Spanish port
S/REF: N/REF: 413/MM ()
Date: 21 October 2010
Dear Executive Secretary,
I am writing to inform you that the vessel TCHAW, flagged by Togo, was found in port in
VIGO on 14 October 2010.
The vessel sailed from Peniche (Portugal), where it was in dock for more than a year, and
arrived in Vigo with no cargo on board.
In view of the fact that the vessel is configured as a fishing vessel (i.e. bottom longliner), it
was decided to initiate legal proceedings against it, for not complying with the rules that
govern entry of fishing vessels flying a foreign flag into Spanish ports.
A finding of violation was issued against the ship, in accordance with Spanish legislation.
From the documents voluntarily submitted by the Shipping Agency that represents the vessel,
SUFLENORSA, it is inferred that the vessel was previously known as CISNE AZUL and was
flagged by Chile. Prior to that, it would appear that details correspond to the vessel REX,
included in the CCAMLR list of IUU vessels and in lists of other RFMOs..

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
2009-10 IUU Catch Estimate for Patagonian Toothfish
Australia’s Southern Ocean patrol program, combined with its on-the-water cooperation with France, continues to prove a significant deterrent to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Australia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Heard Island and the McDonald Islands (HIMI). There have been no apprehensions for illegal fishing in the HIMI EEZ since the Maya V in January 2004. The most recent apprehension in the neighbouring French EEZ off Kerguelen Island was the Apache in June 2004.
Despite the deterrence to IUU fishing in the HIMI region, the Australian patrols have observed IUU fishing vessels active in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) area during the 2009-10 fishing season. Two vessels observed are included in the CCAMLR IUU Vessel Lists for past IUU fishing activities. Details of these sightings have been previously communicated to the Secretariat.
Noting the IUU vessels were sighted operating in waters outside the HIMI EEZ by Australia’s Southern Ocean patrols, brief forays into the EEZ during the 2009-10 fishing season, while unlikely, cannot be fully discounted. The following IUU estimate for the HIMI EEZ makes an allowance for this possibility.
The estimated IUU catch of Patagonian toothfish in the period 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010 in the HIMI EEZ portion of Statistical Area 58.5.2 is 0 – 96 tonnes.

1/ Resources deployed by France to fight illegal fishing
The system deployed by France to fight illegal fishing in the EEZs of the French Antarctic Territories uses both a maritime component and satellite technology.
A satellite radar surveillance system has been in operation since February 2004 at CROSS1 Réunion, and is used by that institution to carry out and direct monitoring at sea.
The French Navy makes available a dedicated patrol vessel and surveillance frigates carrying helicopters. The Osiris, a patrol vessel for the Department of Maritime Affairs, originally an illegal fishing vessel which was arrested and converted to a patrol vessel in 2003, is also assigned to fisheries surveillance.
A bilateral agreement with Australia provides for patrolling to be carried out reciprocally in the waters of the other cooperating party (French vessels in Australian waters and Australian vessels in French waters). These patrols have legal capacity to take action within the other party's waters. The agreement, which was signed in January 2008 and has already been ratified by the French Government, will allow for the use of force in the near future.
2/ French EEZs at Kerguelen (58.5.1) and Crozet (58.6)
Illicit historical fishing gear has been found by licensed fishing vessels within the Crozet and Kerguelen EEZs on a number of occasions throughout the season.
In the Kerguelen EEZ on 21 and 29 April 2010, the licensed longliner Ile Bourbon hauled four sections of net of two different types to the south-west and north-east of Kerguelen. These nets were retained on board and samples were taken by the fisheries inspector on board.
On 10 June 2010, the licensed longliner Cap Horn hauled a length of so-called 'Spanish' longline with oxidised hooks to the north-east of Kerguelen. Photos of the gear were taken and a sample collected.
On 26 August 2010, the licensed longliner Ile Bourbon hauled fishing gear while hauling its own gear in the western sector of the Crozet EEZ. The presence of shellfish on the buoy rope and oxidation on the hooks suggests that the gear had been in the water for more than six months.
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REPORTS UNDER ARTICLES X, XXI AND XXII OF THE CONVENTION AND
CONSERVATION MEASURES 10-06 AND 10-07-
IUU FISHING AND IUU VESSEL LISTS 2009/10
IUU VESSEL LISTS
Draft and Provisional NCP-IUU Vessel Lists 2010
1. Comm Circ 10/68 of 1 July 2010 advised Members that no reports had been received
in respect of vessels which could be included on a Draft Contracting or non-Contracting Party
IUU Vessel Lists for 2010. No additional reports have been received since that time. Therefore, at the time of preparing this paper on 10 September 2010, there is no Provisional
Contracting or non-Contracting Party IUU Vessel List for 2010.
Adopted IUU Vessel Lists
2. The combined IUU Vessel Lists adopted in 2009 are provided in Appendix I.
Changes of details such as names and flags of a number of vessels were notified to all
Members on 30 March, 15 April and 15 June 2010 (Comm Circs 10/38, 10/42, and 10/63) and
are marked with an asterisk in Appendix I.
3. In accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06 paragraph 12 (ii) and Conservation Measure 10-07 paragraph 16(ii) the Commission will consider recommendations from SCIC
regarding any vessels which could be removed from the adopted IUU Vessel Lists in
accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06 paragraph 14 and Conservation Measure 10-07
paragraph 18. As of 10 September 2010, no reports had been received in respect of vessels
which could be considered for removal from the CP or NCP-IUU Vessel Lists in 2010.
4. At CCAMLR-XXVII, the Commission agreed that two vessels flagged to China
would be deemed removed from the CP-IUU Vessel List once China had formally informed
the Commission that the vessels had been sold to Insung Corp. of Korea and that the sales were final (CCAMLR-XXVII, paragraph 10.10). On 24 December 2009, China notified the
Commission that the vessels had been sold to Insung Corp. and that the sales were final
(Comm Circ 10/01). The vessels were consequently removed from the CP-IUU Vessel List.
IUU FISHING IN THE CONVENTION AREA DURING 2009/10
5. At the time of preparing this paper, nine reports of sightings of six IUU vessels and
one report of gear found in the Convention Area during the 2009/10 intersessional period had
been submitted by Australia, France, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand (Table 1). All vessels sighted engaging in IUU activities in the Convention Area during the 2009/10
intersessional period are already included on the NCP-IUU Vessel List.

Introduction
1. This report summarises the information collected by observers for the 2009/10 season relating to compliance with Conservation Measures 24-02 (2008) “Longline weighting for seabird conservation”, 25-02 (2009) “Minimisation of the Incidental Mortality of Seabirds in the Course of Longline Fishing or Longline Fishing Research in the Convention Area”, 25-03 (2009) “Minimisation of the Incidental Mortality of Seabirds and Marine Mammals in the Course of Trawling in the Convention Area”, 26-01 (2009) “General environmental protection during fishing” and 51-01 (2008) “Precautionary catch limitations on Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4”.
Waste Disposal
2. The presence of bait box packaging bands on board vessels was reported by observers on 2 cruises, Jung Woo No. 2 and Jung Woo No. 3 (Table 1). Observers reported that all bait box packaging bands were cut and retained or incinerated. All other types of packaging bands were either retained on board for disposal at shore or incinerated.
3. Observers reported no incidences of fishing gear, such as snoods and hooks, being intentionally disposed of at sea (Table 1). There were reports of unintentional gear loss.
4. There were no hooks observed left in offal discharge (Table 1).
5. No observations of inorganic waste being discarded at sea were reported (Table 1).
6. Long-term, land-based, monitoring of marine debris (including from beached debris surveys, entanglement of marine mammals and hydrocarbon soiling of seabirds) has been conducted in Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 58.7. These data are reviewed by WG-IMAF and therefore only a brief summary of the most recent year’s data are provided here. (This is essentially a placeholder for this item in order that the Scientific Committee can be made aware of any anomalous data in years when WG-IMAF does not meet).

Introduction
1. This paper contains a summary of all Scientific Observer data collected on board longline,
trawl and pot vessels in 2009/10.
Longline Observations
2. A total of 31 longline cruises were conducted within the CAMLR Convention Area during
2009/10, with scientific observers (international and national) aboard all vessels. At the time of
writing this paper, one cruise in subarea 58.5.2 was still at sea. Nine cruises were undertaken in
Subarea 48.3 by 9 vessels, two cruises were undertaken in Subarea 48.4 by 2 vessels, three cruises
was undertaken in Subarea 48.6 and Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a and 58.4.3b by 3 vessels, 3
cruises were conducted by 2 vessels in Division 58.5.2 (one still at sea), one cruise was conducted in
Subareas 58.6 and 58.7 and Area 51, and 13 cruises were undertaken in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 by 12
vessels.
3. Throughout this paper the data reported are those that have been collected by scientific
observers and unless specified does not include data collected by the crew. A detailed list of the
observations conducted and the types of data submitted to the Secretariat is contained in Table 1.
Incidental Mortality
4. The observed seabird catch rates are calculated using the total numbers of hooks observed and
the total observed seabird mortality (Table 2). Two seabird mortalities were observed on the Tronio
in Subarea 48.3, a grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) and a Southern black-browed
albatross (T. melanophrys). Two Cape petrels (Daption capense) mortalities were observed on the
Austral Leaser II in Division 58.5.2.

Ministry for the Environment,
Rural and Marine Affairs
Executive Secretary
CCAMLR
Hobart
Australia
Madrid, 21 October 2010
Dear Sir,
Re: CCAMLR-IUU
I am writing to you to inform you of the action taken by Spanish Authorities in relation to the
vessels Trosky (formerly Paloma V), Chilbo San 33 and Corvus, included in the
CCAMLR-IUU list.
1. With regard to the vessels Corvus and Chilbo San 33, neither of them flagged to Spain
– which were included in the CCAMLR list of illegal vessels (as being operated by the
commercial company Vidal Armadores S.A. – as indicated to you at the time, it was not
possible to initiate administrative proceedings since the information supplied by CCAMLR
did not provide proof or evidence in support of this action.
However, as a result of the inspection of the vessel Paloma V (now Trosky) conducted by
New Zealand inspectors and the data submitted by New Zealand authorities, enough evidence
has been gathered to take disciplinary action to hold the above-mentioned company liable for
its links with this vessel.
On 12 May 2010, the General Secretary for the Sea imposed on Vidal Armadores S.A. a fine
of 150.000 € as the main penalty as well as further penalties of suspension of all its permits
and licenses for a period of two years, as well as being prevented from obtaining loans,
subsidies or government assistance during the same period, for its participation in illegal
fishing activities in the CCAMLR Area with the above-mentioned vessels.