CCAMLR

A desktop review of the non-Contracting Party (NCP) engagement strategy has identified the need for a revision of relevant policy documents. The Secretariat offers a new approach to NCP engagement which utilises the wider suite of engagement opportunities available to the Commission. The Secretariat proposes to work with Members on a three-year NCP engagement action plan which will focus on both regional and individual engagement in approaching and encouraging cooperation with NCPs. 

The Intersessional Correspondence Group on Sustainable Finance (ICG-SF) met by correspondence during 2019. It discussed a number of options for reforming the system of notification fees for CCAMLR fisheries, on the direction of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance (SCAF). It recommended: (i) setting fees for krill notifications 5% lower than fees for non-krill notifications; (ii) applying a fee and associated requirements to notifications under Conservation Measure (CM) 24‑01, paragraph 3; (iii) applying an annual consumer price index (CPI) adjustment to notification fees.

In accordance with a SCAF decision (CCAMLR-XXVII, Annex 7, paragraph 53) this paper lists the Special Funds that are currently dormant for consideration by the Commission.

New Zealand is proposing to amend CM 10-02 so that Contracting Parties cannot license vessels to fish in the CCAMLR Convention Area if they are listed on a current final IUU vessel list administered by a Regional Fisheries Body. 

New Zealand is proposing to amend CCAMLR Conservation Measure CM 10-09 in order to collect better data on transhipment activities that take place in the CCAMLR Convention Area. 

The Republic of Korea proposes to amend CCAMLR Conservation Measure 10-05 to better fulfill its objective taking into account the fact that each Contracting Parties have their own legal frameworks in implementing relevant provision of the Measure. If adopted, the revised CM is expected to provide a ground under which a Contracting Party may issue an SVDCD on Dissostichus spp. which is under suspicion of being illegally caught but cannot be immediately seized or confiscated due to its domestic legal frameworks. 

Many international programs collect information on upcoming activities in the Southern Ocean, relevant to their communities. To support the sharing of this information, the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) has developed the Database of Upcoming Expeditions to the Southern Ocean, DueSouth (www.soos.aq). Developed by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre, DueSouth is an open-access resource for the community that supports the planning of collaborative field programs by providing basic information on future activities in the Southern Ocean. DueSouth currently shares information on planned voyages and flights by National Antarctic Programs, international oceanography programs, and tourist companies. The inclusion of industry vessels (e.g., Tourist and Fisheries) provide important “Ships of Opportunity” for deployment of observational platforms or collection of data from regions that may not be routinely visited by research vessels. Building on the 2018 endorsement by the Scientific Committee (e-sc-xxxvii_1.pdf paragraph 10.9) and the test case provided as shown herein, SOOS now requests formal approval for the inclusion of all Fisheries Notifications into DueSouth by the Commission.