CCAMLR

Within the framework of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the Government of Chile conducts Fishing Inspection Operations to the area of the Convention. For this purpose, it provides the use of the Chilean Navy vessel, the OPV - 83 MARINERO FUENTEALBA. Likewise, the Second Commanders of the Navy vessels participating in the Antarctic Campaign are instructed each year as inspectors of this Agreement.

The Secretariat has revised the layout of the budget to provide further information across more years to enhance decision-making at SCAF and the Commission. It builds on the table layout that was approved by SCAF in 2016. The proposed changes also adopt the table presentation of the equity and special funds.

The Secretariat proposes to develop an up-to-date, accurate, well-presented brochure describing the work of CCAMLR that is accessible for the general public. It would include relevant images and infographics to make the resource visually accessible. The proposal is to develop this brochure and consult on it through an e-group in the 2018/19 intersessional period.

For CCAMLR Commission and Scientific Committee meetings, Roman numerals are used to identify the meetings and all meeting documents. This creates administrative complexity and can cause confusion for readers. The Secretariat proposes that CCAMLR retain the reference to meeting number in all reports and documents, as at present, but replace the roman numerals with Arabic numbers. It also recommends that to avoid working group reports being referenced to both as the reports and as annexes to the Scientific Committee report, they retain a single reference throughout.

Ecuador has requested that the CCAMLR XXXVII consider granting it status as a non-Contracting Party (NCP) cooperating with CCAMLR by participating in the Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) for Dissostichus spp. Ecuador as made similar requests to CCAMLR-XXXV, and CCAMLR-XXXVI, which have recognised cooperation to date, and resulted in the grant of limited access to the eCDS to Ecuador The Secretariat has prepared this paper to outline the background of Ecuador’s requests to the Commission assist SCIC and the Commission in its consideration this whether the application(s) and supporting information meets the requirements of Conservation Measure (CM) 10-05 and Annex 10-05/C.

This paper summarises information held by the Secretariat in relation to IUU fishing and vessel activity relevant to CCAMLR from October 2017 to August 2018. Details are provided of an attempted landing of toothfish from CCAMLR-IUU listed vessel STS-50, its unauthorised departure from several ports, and combined international efforts leading to seizure of the vessel and prosecution of the Master by Indonesian authorities. Instances of unidentified fishing gear retrieved in the Convention Area are detailed in Table 1. Communication to non-Contracting Parties and responses received are detailed in Table 2. Proposed updates, amendments inclusions and removals to IUU Lists and vessel particulars are explained with recommendations to SCIC and the Commission.

The ICG on Sustainable Finance (ICG-SF) met by correspondence during 2018. It made three proposals: (i) Create a Working Capital Fund, and change the Financial Regulations governing the way that this fund and the General Fund would be managed (CCAMLR-XXXVII/07); (ii) change the structure of the notification fees for new, exploratory and krill fisheries, and increase them annually in line with CPI (inflation) to generate a sustainable finance stream into the future (CCAMLR-XXXVII/08); and (iii) set up a General Capacity Building Fund, funded by voluntary contributions and surpluses in the General Fund, and set up an ICG to establish the terms of reference for this fund during 2019.