REPORTS UNDER ARTICLES X, XXI AND XXII OF THE CONVENTION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES 10-06 AND 10-07 – IUU FISHING AND IUU VESSEL LISTS 2009/10

REPORTS UNDER ARTICLES X, XXI AND XXII OF THE CONVENTION AND

CONSERVATION MEASURES 10-06 AND 10-07-

IUU FISHING AND IUU VESSEL LISTS 2009/10

IUU VESSEL LISTS

Draft and Provisional NCP-IUU Vessel Lists 2010

1. Comm Circ 10/68 of 1 July 2010 advised Members that no reports had been received

in respect of vessels which could be included on a Draft Contracting or non-Contracting Party

IUU Vessel Lists for 2010. No additional reports have been received since that time. Therefore, at the time of preparing this paper on 10 September 2010, there is no Provisional

Contracting or non-Contracting Party IUU Vessel List for 2010.

Adopted IUU Vessel Lists

2. The combined IUU Vessel Lists adopted in 2009 are provided in Appendix I.

Changes of details such as names and flags of a number of vessels were notified to all

Members on 30 March, 15 April and 15 June 2010 (Comm Circs 10/38, 10/42, and 10/63) and

are marked with an asterisk in Appendix I.

3. In accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06 paragraph 12 (ii) and Conservation Measure 10-07 paragraph 16(ii) the Commission will consider recommendations from SCIC

regarding any vessels which could be removed from the adopted IUU Vessel Lists in

accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06 paragraph 14 and Conservation Measure 10-07

paragraph 18. As of 10 September 2010, no reports had been received in respect of vessels

which could be considered for removal from the CP or NCP-IUU Vessel Lists in 2010.

4. At CCAMLR-XXVII, the Commission agreed that two vessels flagged to China

would be deemed removed from the CP-IUU Vessel List once China had formally informed

the Commission that the vessels had been sold to Insung Corp. of Korea and that the sales were final (CCAMLR-XXVII, paragraph 10.10). On 24 December 2009, China notified the

Commission that the vessels had been sold to Insung Corp. and that the sales were final

(Comm Circ 10/01). The vessels were consequently removed from the CP-IUU Vessel List.

IUU FISHING IN THE CONVENTION AREA DURING 2009/10

5. At the time of preparing this paper, nine reports of sightings of six IUU vessels and

one report of gear found in the Convention Area during the 2009/10 intersessional period had

been submitted by Australia, France, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand (Table 1). All vessels sighted engaging in IUU activities in the Convention Area during the 2009/10

intersessional period are already included on the NCP-IUU Vessel List.