Recommendation 14: Agreements with adjacent regional fisheries bodies be further developed and operationalised to ensure the useful exchange of meaningful information and relevant data necessary to establish effective conservation and management measures applicable in the CCAMLR area.

(paragraphs 62 to 66)

(2017) SCIC-2017, paragraph 204

(2018) SCIC-2018, paragraphs 26 and 27; CCAMLR-XXXVII, paragraph 11.20

(2019) CCAMLR-38, paragraphs 11.20 to 11.22

(2021) CCAMLR-40 endorsed the re-signing of the Arrangement with SPRFMO and the MoU with ACAP to extend both for an additional three years (CCAMLR-40, paragraph 10.9). Annual exchanges of information relating to tagged fish movements and CDS data is ongoing.

(2022) A joint meeting of the Scientific Committees of CCAMLR and SIOFA established procedures for tag data sharing.

Recommendation 16: CCAMLR encourage its Members to exercise, within their capacities and jurisdiction, all possible bilateral and sub-regional actions to achieve effective cooperation by non-Members with CCAMLR conservation measures.

(paragraphs 69 to 71) 

(2017) SCIC-2017, paragraphs 206 to 211

(2019) SCIC-2019 noted the USA’s bilateral engagement with Viet Nam and Australia’s work in the Southeast Asian region (SCIC-2019, paragraph 7). Since 2019, INTERPOL has collaborated with CCAMLR to raise awareness and coordinate actions across a wide range of non-Members to combat IUU fishing in the Convention Area, leading to positive outcomes in relation to some vessels (see CCAMLR-40, paragraph 4.24).

Recommendation 18: The Commission maintain a record of the actions taken by Members to request and encourage cooperation by non-Members with CCAMLR conservation measures, and of those actions taken in response to a lack of implementation of CCAMLR conservation measures, or actions that undermine CCAMLR conservation measures, involving nonMembers.

(paragraphs 69 to 71)

(2017) CCAMLR-XXXVI, paragraphs 206 to 211. Mechanism to record Member actions being considered by SCIC.