About unidentified fishing gear at CCAMLR Fishing Area 88.1С

The CCAMLR Member States were informed by the circular letter of CCAMLR No COMM CIRC 17/100 that the fishing vessel "Sunstar" (flying the flag of the Republic of Korea) picked up the unidentified fishing gear at CCAMLR Fishing Area 88.1С on November 23, 2017 which was set before starting of fishing period 2017/2018.  The State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine informs about activities of Ukrainian fishing vessels,  which were licensed to do harvesting operations of the toothfish species in the CCAMLR fishing areas (88.1, 88.2) during the 2017/2018 fishing period.