MANAGEMENT OF VMS INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARIAT CONCERNING CATCHES OF PATAGONIAN TOOTHFISH BEYOND THE CONVENTION AREA

Working Document

CCAMLR-XXIX Meeting

Hobart, October 2010

Delegation of Chile

Title of the document: Management of VMS information by the Secretariat concerning

catches of Patagonian toothfish beyond the Convention Area

Authors: Fisheries Under-Secretariat and National Fisheries Service

Summary: Currently, some State Parties require, as a requirement to introduce

toothfish into their markets, that VMS reports by vessels that capture toothfish be

transmitted previously and in real time to the Secretariat, even when the captures take

place outside the Convention Area. This document proposes that when Contracting

States voluntarily report the activities performed in waters beyond the jurisdiction of the

Convention, the Secretariat should ensure that such information is being loaded into the

CCAMLR data bases in a timely manner and made readily available for consultation by

those State Parties. This is proposed to be carried out through a modification of

Conservation Measure 10-04 (2007) in accordance with the terms contained in the

attached document.