Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing vessels are increasingly using gillnets as a fishing method to target toothfish in the Convention area. Estimating the impact of IUU fishing is hampered by a lack of data on the design, deployment, catch and bycatch rates of gill nets. This paper describes a gillnet found abandoned by Australian vessel patrolling BANZARE Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3b), and the toothfish and bycatch found when a section of the gillnet was retrieved. Based on the amount of toothfish found in the 8 km long section of net retrieved, upwards of 29 tonnes of toothfish may be removed by a single vessel’s deployment of a 130 km long series of gillnets.
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The NAFO Professional Internship Program is briefly described and it is recommended that the CCAMLR Secretariat be tasked with developing a similar program for CCAMLR.
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is proposed between the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Secretariat for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. The objective of this MoU is to facilitate cooperation between the CCAMLR and the ACAP Secretariat with a view to supporting efforts to minimise the incidental by-catch of albatrosses and petrels listed in Annex 1 of ACAP within CCAMLR’s Convention Area.
