Conservation statement, dissotichus catch and export/re-

CONSERVATION MEASURE 10-05 (2009)
Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.

Species
Area
Season
Gear

toothfish
all
all
all

The Commission,
Concerned that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for Dissostichus spp. in
the Convention Area threatens serious depletion of populations of Dissostichus spp.,
Aware that IUU fishing involves significant by-catch of some Antarctic species, including
endangered albatross,
Noting that IUU fishing is inconsistent with the objective of the Convention and
undermines the effectiveness of CCAMLR conservation measures,
Underlining the responsibilities of Flag States to ensure that their vessels conduct their
fishing activities in a responsible manner,
Mindful of the rights and obligations of Port States to promote the effectiveness of regional
fishery conservation measures,
Aware that IUU fishing reflects the high value of, and resulting expansion in markets for
and international trade in, Dissostichus spp.,
Recalling that Contracting Parties have agreed to introduce classification codes for
Dissostichus spp. at a national level,
Recognising that the implementation of a Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus
spp. (CDS) will provide the Commission with essential information necessary to
provide the precautionary management objectives of the Convention,
Committed to take steps, consistent with international law, to identify the origins of
Dissostichus spp. entering the markets of Contracting Parties and to determine whether
Dissostichus spp. harvested in the Convention Area that is imported into their territories
was caught in a manner consistent with CCAMLR conservation measures,
Wishing to reinforce the conservation measures already adopted by the Commission with
respect to Dissostichus spp.,
Further recognising the importance of enhancing cooperation with non-Contracting Parties
to help prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing in the Convention Area,
Acknowledging that the Commission has adopted a policy to enhance cooperation between
CCAMLR and non-Contracting Parties,
Inviting non-Contracting Parties whose vessels fish for Dissostichus spp. to participate in
the CDS,
Acknowledging that all Contracting Parties have ceased using paper-format documentation
and already issue and authorise all documents via the electronic system which has been
trialled pursuant to Resolution 21/XXIII,

Recognising that when Dissostichus catch documents (DCDs) need to be provided, a
printout of the electronic document shall be accepted,
hereby adopts the following conservation measure in accordance with Article IX of the
Convention:
1.

The following definitions are intended only for the purposes of the completion of CDS
documents and shall be applied as stated regardless of whether such actions as landings,
transhipments, imports, exports or re-exports constitute the same under any CDS
participant’s customs law or other domestic legislation:
(i)

Port State: The State that has control over a particular port area or free trade zone
for the purposes of landing, transhipment, importing, exporting and re-exporting
and whose authority serves as the authority for landing or transhipment
certification.

(ii)

Landing: The initial transfer of catch in its harvested or processed form from a
vessel to dockside or to another vessel in a port or free trade zone where the catch
is certified by an authority of the Port State as landed.

(iii) Export: Any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form from territory
under the control of the State or free trade zone of landing, or, where that State or
free trade zone forms part of a customs union, any other member State of that
customs union.
(iv) Import: The physical entering or bringing of a catch into any part of the
geographical territory under the control of a State, except where the catch is
landed or transhipped within the definitions of ‘landing’ or ‘transhipment’ in this
conservation measure.
(v)

Re-export: Any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form from
territory under the control of a State, free trade zone, or member State of a
customs union of import unless that State, free trade zone, or any member State of
that customs union of import is the first place of import, in which case the
movement is an export within the definition of ‘export’ in this conservation
measure.

(vi) Transhipment: The transfer of a catch in its harvested or processed form from a
vessel to another vessel or means of transport, and, where such transfer takes place
within the territory under the control of a Port State, for the purpose of effecting
its removal from that State. For the avoidance of doubt, temporarily placing a
catch on land or an artificial structure to facilitate such transfer shall not prevent
the transfer from being a transhipment where the catch is not ‘landed’ within the
definition of ‘landing’ in this conservation measure.
2.

Each Contracting Party shall take steps to identify the origin of Dissostichus spp.
imported into or exported from its territories and to determine whether Dissostichus spp.
harvested in the Convention Area that is imported into, or exported from, its territories
was caught in a manner consistent with CCAMLR conservation measures.

3.

Each Contracting Party shall require that each master or authorised representative of its
flag vessels authorised to engage in harvesting of Dissostichus eleginoides and/or
Dissostichus mawsoni complete a DCD for the catch landed or transhipped on each
occasion that it lands or tranships Dissostichus spp.

4.

Each Contracting Party shall require that each landing of Dissostichus spp. at its ports
and each transhipment of Dissostichus spp. to its vessels be accompanied by a
completed DCD. The landing of Dissostichus spp. without a catch document is
prohibited.

5.

Each Contracting Party shall, in accordance with their laws and regulations, require that
their flag vessels which intend to harvest Dissostichus spp., including on the high seas
outside the Convention Area, are provided with specific authorisation to do so. Each
Contracting Party shall provide electronic DCD forms by the most rapid electronic
means to each of its flag vessels authorised to harvest Dissostichus spp. and only to
those vessels.

6.

A non-Contracting Party seeking to cooperate with CCAMLR by participating in this
scheme may issue electronic DCD forms, in accordance with the procedures specified in
paragraphs 8 and 9, to any of its flag vessels that intend to harvest Dissostichus spp.

7.

Non-Contracting Parties which are involved in the trade of Dissostichus spp. are
encouraged to approach the CCAMLR Secretariat with requests for assistance.
Proposals must demonstrate how any specific assistance requested will help to combat
IUU fishing in the Convention Area. Such requests will be considered by the
Commission at its annual meeting. The procedure regarding cooperation with
CCAMLR in the implementation of the CDS by non-Contracting Parties involved in the
trade of Dissostichus spp. is set out in Annex 10-05/C.

8.

The DCD shall include the following information:
(i)

the name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the issuing authority;

(ii)

the name, home port, national registry number and call sign of the vessel and, if
issued, its IMO/Lloyd’s registration number;

(iii) the reference number of the licence or permit, whichever is applicable, that is
issued to the vessel;
(iv) the weight of each Dissostichus species landed or transhipped by product type,
and

(v)

(a)

by CCAMLR statistical subarea or division if caught in the Convention
Area; and/or

(b)

by FAO statistical area, subarea or division if caught outside the Convention
Area;

the dates within which the catch was taken;

(vi) the date and the port at which the catch was landed or the date and the vessel, its
flag and national registry number, to which the catch was transhipped;
(vii) the name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the recipient(s) of the catch and
the amount of each species and product type received.
9.

Procedures for completing DCDs in respect of vessels are set forth in paragraphs A1 to
A10 of Annex 10-05/A to this measure.

10.

Each Contracting Party shall require that each shipment of Dissostichus spp. imported
into, or exported or re-exported from, its territory be accompanied by the export/reexport document. The import, export or re-export of Dissostichus spp. without an
export/re-export document is prohibited.

11.

An export/re-export document issued in respect of a vessel is one that:
(i)

includes all relevant information and signatures provided in accordance with
paragraphs A1 to A11 of Annex 10-05/A to this measure;

(ii)

includes a signed and stamped certification by a responsible official of the
exporting State of the accuracy of the information contained in the document.

12.

The standard documents for catch, export and re-export documents are attached to
Annex 10-05/A. Paper-based DCDs cannot be submitted from 1 June 2010.

13.

Each Contracting Party shall ensure that its customs government authorities or other
appropriate government officials request and examine the documentation of each
shipment of Dissostichus spp. imported into, or exported from, its territory to verify that
it includes the export document and, where appropriate, validated re-export document(s)
that account for all the Dissostichus spp. contained in the shipment. These officials may
also examine the content of any shipment to verify the information contained in the
catch document or documents.

14.

If, as a result of an examination referred to in paragraph 13 above, a question arises
regarding the information contained in a DCD, export or re-export document, the
exporting State whose government authority validated the document(s) and, as
appropriate, the Flag State whose vessel completed the document are called on to
cooperate with the importing State with a view to resolving such question.

15.

Each Contracting Party shall promptly provide by the most rapid electronic means,
copies to the CCAMLR Secretariat of all export documents and, where relevant,
validated re-export documents that it issued from, and received into, its territory.

16.

Each Contracting Party, and any non-Contracting Party that issues electronic DCDs in
respect of its flag vessels in accordance with paragraph 6, shall inform the CCAMLR
Secretariat of the government authority or authorities (including names, addresses,
phone and fax numbers and email addresses) responsible for issuing and validating
DCDs.

17.

Notwithstanding the above, any Contracting Party, or any non-Contracting Party
participating in the CDS, may require additional verification of catch documents by

Flag States by using, inter alia, VMS, in respect of catches1 taken on the high seas
outside the Convention Area, when landed at, imported into or exported from its
territory.
18.

If, following an examination under paragraph 13, questions under paragraph 14 or
requests for additional verification of documents under paragraph 17, it is determined,
after consultation with the States concerned, that a catch document is invalid, the
import, export or re-export of Dissostichus spp. being the subject of the document is
prohibited.

19.

If a Contracting Party participating in the CDS has cause to sell or dispose of seized or
confiscated Dissostichus spp., it may issue a Specially Validated Dissostichus Catch
Document (SVDCD) specifying the reasons for that validation. The SVDCD shall
include a statement describing the circumstances under which confiscated fish are
moving in trade. To the extent practicable, Parties shall ensure that no financial benefit
arising from the sale of seized or confiscated catch accrue to the perpetrators of IUU
fishing. If a Contracting Party issues a SVDCD, it shall immediately report all such
validations to the Secretariat for conveying to all Parties and, as appropriate, recording
in trade statistics.

20.

A Contracting Party may transfer all or part of the proceeds from the sale of seized or
confiscated Dissostichus spp. into the CDS Fund created by the Commission or into a
national fund which promotes achievement of the objectives of the Convention. In
addition, Contracting Parties may offer voluntary contributions to support the CDS
Fund and its related activities. A Contracting Party may, consistent with its domestic
legislation, decline to provide a market for toothfish offered for sale with a SVDCD by
another State. Provisions concerning the uses of the CDS Fund are found in
Annex 10-05/B.
1

Excluding by-catches of Dissostichus spp. by trawlers fishing on the high seas outside the Convention
Area. A by-catch shall be defined as no more than 5% of total catch of all species and no more than
50 tonnes for an entire fishing trip by a vessel.

ANNEX 10-05/A
A1. Each Flag State shall ensure that each DCD form that it issues includes a specific
identification number consisting of:
(i)

a four-digit number, consisting of the two-digit International Standards
Organization (ISO) country code plus the last two digits of the year for which the
form is issued;

(ii)

a four-digit sequence number (beginning with 0001) to denote the order in which
catch forms are issued.

A2. The DCD shall be sent from the Flag State authority to the master of the fishing vessel
by the most rapid electronic means available.
A3. The master of the vessel shall ensure that this document is filled and returned to the
Flag State by the most rapid electronic means available.

A4. The master of a vessel who has been issued a DCD form or forms shall adhere to the
following procedures prior to each landing or transhipment of Dissostichus spp.:
(i)

the master shall ensure that the information specified in paragraph 8 of this
conservation measure is accurately recorded on the DCD form;

(ii)

if a landing or transhipment includes catch of both Dissostichus spp., the master
shall record on the DCD form the total amount of the catch landed or transhipped
by weight of each species;

(iii) if a landing or transhipment includes catch of Dissostichus spp. taken from
different statistical subareas and/or divisions, the master shall record on the DCD
form the amount of the catch by weight of each species taken from each statistical
subarea and/or division and indicating whether the catch was caught in an EEZ or
on the high seas, as appropriate;
(iv) the master shall convey to the Flag State of the vessel by the most rapid electronic
means available, the DCD number, the dates within which the catch was taken, the
species, processing type or types, the estimated weight to be landed and the area
or areas of the catch, the date of landing or transhipment and the port and country
of landing or vessel of transhipment and shall request from the Flag State, a Flag
State confirmation number.
A5. If, for catches1 taken in the Convention Area or on the high seas outside the Convention
Area, the Flag State verifies, by the use of a VMS (as described in paragraph 1 of
Conservation Measure 10-04), the area fished and that the catch to be landed or
transhipped as reported by its vessel is accurately recorded and taken in a manner
consistent with its authorisation to fish, it shall convey a unique Flag State confirmation
number to the vessel’s master by the most rapid electronic means available. The DCD
will receive a confirmation number from the Flag State, only when it is convinced that
the information submitted by the vessel fully satisfies the provisions of this
conservation measure.
A6. The Flag State confirmation number shall be automatically included on the DCD form
when it is authorised by the Flag State.
A7. The master of a vessel that has been issued a DCD form or forms shall adhere to the
following procedures immediately after each landing or transhipment of Dissostichus
spp.:
(i)

in the case of a transhipment, the master shall confirm the transhipment obtaining
the signature on the DCD of the master of the vessel to which the catch is being
transferred;

(ii)

in the case of a landing, the master or authorised representative shall confirm the
landing by obtaining a signed and stamped certification on the DCD by a
responsible official of the Port State of landing or free trade zone who is acting
under the direction of either the customs or fisheries authority of the Port State
and is competent with regard to the validation of DCDs;

(iii) in the case of a landing, the master or authorised representative shall also obtain
the signature on the DCD of the individual that receives the catch at the port of
landing or free trade zone;
(iv) in the event that the catch is divided upon landing, the master or authorised
representative shall present a copy of the DCD to each individual that receives a
part of the catch at the port of landing or free trade zone, record on that copy of
the catch document the amount and origin of the catch received by that individual
and obtain the signature of that individual.
A8. In respect of each landing or transhipment, the master or authorised representative shall
immediately sign and convey by the most rapid electronic means available a copy, or, if
the catch landed was divided, copies, of the signed DCD to the Flag State of the vessel
and shall provide a copy of the relevant document to each recipient of the catch.
A9. The Flag State of the vessel shall immediately convey by the most rapid electronic
means available a copy or, if the catch was divided, copies, of the signed DCD to the
CCAMLR Secretariat to be made available by the next working day to all Contracting
Parties.
A10. The master or authorised representative shall retain the original copies of the signed
DCD(s) and return them to the Flag State no later than one month after the end of the
fishing season.
A11. The master of a vessel to which catch has been transhipped (receiving vessel) shall
adhere to the following procedures immediately after each landing of such catch in
order to complete each DCD received from transhipping vessels:
(i)

the master of the receiving vessel shall confirm the landing by obtaining a signed
and stamped certification on the DCD by a responsible official of the Port State of
landing or free trade zone who is acting under the direction of either the customs
or fisheries authority of the Port State and is competent with regard to the
validation of DCDs;

(ii)

the master of the receiving vessel shall also obtain the signature on the DCD of
the individual that receives the catch at the port of landing or free trade;

(iii) in the event that the catch is divided upon landing, the master of the receiving
vessel shall present a copy of the DCD to each individual that receives a part of
the catch at the port of landing or free trade zone, record on that copy of the catch
document the amount and origin of the catch received by that individual and
obtain the signature of that individual.
A12. In respect of each landing of transhipped catch, the master or authorised representative
of the receiving vessel shall immediately sign and convey by the most rapid electronic
means available a copy of all the DCDs, or if the catch was divided, copies, of all the
DCDs, to the Flag State(s) that issued the DCD, and shall provide a copy of the relevant
document to each recipient of the catch. The Flag State of the receiving vessel shall
immediately convey by the most rapid electronic means available a copy of the

document to the CCAMLR Secretariat to be made available by the next working day to
all Contracting Parties.
A13. For each shipment of Dissostichus spp. to be exported or re-exported from the country
of landing or import, the exporter shall adhere to the following procedures to obtain the
necessary export or re-export document for all the Dissostichus spp. contained in the
shipment:
(i)

the exporter/re-exporter shall enter on each Dissostichus export/re-export
document the reference number of the corresponding DCD, the amount of each
Dissostichus spp. reported on the document that is contained in the shipment;

(ii)

the exporter/re-exporter shall enter on each DCD the name and address of the
importer of the shipment and the point of import;

(iii) the exporter/re-exporter shall enter on each export/re-export document the
exporter/re-exporter’s name and address, and shall sign the document;
(iv) the exporter/re-exporter shall obtain a signed and stamped validation of the
export/re-export document (including the attachments if provided) by a
responsible official of the exporting/re-exporting State;
(v)

the exporter/re-exporter shall indicate the transport details as appropriate:
if by sea
container(s) number(s) if appropriate, or
vessel name, and
bill of lading number, date and place of issue;
if by air
flight number, airway bill number, place and date of issue;
if by other means (ground transportation)
truck registration number and nationality,
railway transport number, date and place of issue.

1

Excluding by-catches of Dissostichus spp. by trawlers fishing on the high seas outside the Convention Area.
A by-catch shall be defined as no more than 5% of total catch of all species and no more than 50 tonnes for
an entire fishing trip by a vessel.

ANNEX 10-05/A, ATTACHMENT 1

STANDARD CATCH AND EXPORT/RE-EXPORT DOCUMENTS
TO BE USED FROM 1 JUNE 2009

DISSOSTICHUS CATCH DOCUMENT
Flag State Confirmation Number:

Document Number:

V 1.6

1. Issuing Authority of Document
Address:

2. Fishing Vessel
Name:

Telephone:

Home Port:

3. Licence Number (if issued)

Registration
Number:

Fishing dates for catch under this document
4. From:

Fax:

Call Sign:

IMO/Lloyd’s Number
(if issued):

5. To:

6. Description of fish (Landed/Transhipped)
Species

Type

E
E
Z

AreaCaught *

Estimated
Weight to be
Landed (Kg)

7. Description of Fish
Sold
Net Weight Sold (Kg)

Verified Weight
Landed (Kg)

Species: TOP (Dissostichus eleginoides), TOA (Dissostichus mawsoni)
Type: WHO Whole, HAG Headed and gutted, HAT Headed and tailed, FLT Fillet, HGT Headed, gutted, tailed, OTH Other (Specify)
7. Description of fish sold
Name of Recipient:

Signature:

Address:

Telephone:

Fax:

8. Landing/Transhipment information: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct, and that any Dissostichus spp. was taken in the Convention
Area, I certify that it was taken in a manner which is consistent with CCAMLR conservation measures.
Master of Fishing Vessel or Authorised
Date:
Signature:
Landing/Transhipment Port and
Landing/Transhipment
Representative: (print in block letters)
Country /Area:
Date:

9A1. Certificate of Transhipment: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Master of Receiving Vessel:
Signature:
Vessel Name:
Call Sign:

IMO/Lloyd’s Number:

9B1. Transhipment within a Port Area (countersignature by port authority if appropriate)
Name:
Authority:

Seal (stamp):

Signature:

9A2. Certificate of Transhipment: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Master of Receiving Vessel:
Signature:
Vessel Name:
Call Sign:

IMO/Lloyd’s Number:

9B2. Transhipment within a Port Area (countersignature by port authority if appropriate)
Name:
Authority:

Seal (stamp):

Signature:

10. Certificate of Landing: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Name:

Signature:

Authority:

* Report FAO Statistical Area/Subarea/Division where catch was taken and indicate the catch was taken on the high seas or within an EEZ.

DISSOSTICHUS EXPORT/RE-EXPORT DOCUMENT
Catch Document Number:
From:

Export code:
To:

Fishing Vessel Name:

Type

Net Weight Exported (kg)

11. Description of Fish Exported
Species

Species: TOP (Dissostichus eleginoides), TOA (Dissostichus mawsoni)
Type: WHO Whole; HAG Headed and gutted; HAT Headed and tailed; FLT Fillet; HGT Headed, gutted, tailed; OTH Other (specify)

Transport Details
If by sea/air:

If ground transport

Container number; OR

Truck registration number; AND

Vessel name; OR

Nationality of truck; OR

Flight number;

Railway transport number; AND

Bill of lading/airway bill number;
Date of issue:

Date of issue:

Place of issue:

Place of issue:

12. Exporter Certification: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Name:

Address:

Signature:

Date:

Export Licence:

13. Export Government Authority Validation: I certify that the above information is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Name / title:

Signature:

Date:

Seal (Stamp):

14. Import Section

Date of import:

Name of importer:

Address:

Point of Unlading:

Point of Unlading, State/Province:

Point of Unlading, Country:

V1.3

ANNEX 10-05/B
THE USE OF THE CDS FUND
B1. The overall objective of the CDS Fund (‘the Fund’) is to provide a mechanism which
enables the Commission to enhance its capacity to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU
fishing in the Convention Area, by inter alia, improving the effectiveness of the CDS.
B2. The Fund will be operated according to the following provisions:
(i)

The Fund shall be used for special projects, or special needs of the Secretariat if
the Commission so decides, aimed at enhancing the Commission’s capacity to
contribute to the prevention, deterrence and elimination of IUU fishing in the
Convention Area. The Fund may also be used for assisting the development and
improving the effectiveness of the CDS and for other such purposes as the
Commission may decide.

(ii)

The Fund shall be used primarily for projects conducted by the Secretariat,
although the participation of Members in these projects is not precluded. While
individual Member projects shall be considered, this shall not replace the normal
responsibilities of Members of the Commission. The Fund shall not be used for
routine Secretariat activities.

(iii) Proposals for special projects may be made by Members, by the Commission or
the Scientific Committee and their subsidiary bodies, or by the Secretariat.
Proposals shall be submitted to the annual meeting of the Commission as working
papers and be accompanied by an explanation of the proposal and an itemised
statement of estimated expenditure.
(iv) The Commission will, at each annual meeting, designate six Members to serve on
a Review Panel to review proposals and to make recommendations to the
Commission on whether to fund special projects or special needs. The Review
Panel will meet during the first week of the Commission’s annual meeting.
(v)

The Commission shall review all proposals and decide on appropriate projects and
funding as a standing agenda item at its annual meeting.

(vi) The Fund may be used to assist Acceding States and non-Contracting Parties that
wish to cooperate with CCAMLR by contributing to the prevention, deterrence
and elimination of IUU fishing in the Convention Area, so long as this use is
consistent with provisions (i) and (ii) above. Such assistance shall be provided
within the scope of the CCAMLR Cooperation Enhancement Program contained
in the Policy to Enhance Cooperation between CCAMLR and non-Contracting
Parties. Acceding States and non-Contracting Parties may submit proposals for
consideration by the Commission at its annual meeting, if the proposals are
sponsored by, or in cooperation with, a Member or the Secretariat.
(vii) The Financial Regulations of the Commission shall apply to the Fund, except in
so far as these provisions provide or the Commission decides otherwise.

(viii) The Secretariat shall report to the annual meeting of the Commission on the
activities of the Fund, including its income and expenditure. Annexed to the
report shall be reports on the progress of each project being funded by the Fund,
including details of the expenditure on each project. The report will be circulated
to Members in advance of the annual meeting.
(ix) Where an individual Member project is being funded according to provision (ii),
that Member shall provide an annual report on the progress of the project,
including details of the expenditure on the project. The report shall be submitted
to the Secretariat as a working paper to be circulated to Members in advance of
the annual meeting. When the project is completed, that Member shall provide a
final statement of account certified by an auditor acceptable to the Commission.
(x)

The Commission shall review all ongoing projects at its annual meeting as a
standing agenda item and reserves the right, after notice, to cancel a project at any
time should it decide that it is necessary. Such a decision shall be exceptional,
and shall take into account progress made to date and likely progress in the future,
and shall in any case be preceded by an invitation from the Commission to the
project coordinator to present a case for continuation of funding.

(xi) The Commission may modify these provisions at any time.
ANNEX 10-05/C
PROCEDURE REGARDING COOPERATION WITH CCAMLR IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CDS BY NON-CONTRACTING PARTIES
INVOLVED IN THE TRADE OF DISSOSTICHUS SPP.
C1. Prior to the annual meeting of the Commission, the Executive Secretary shall contact all
non-Contracting Parties which are known to be involved in the trade with Dissostichus
spp. to urge them to become a Contracting Party to CCAMLR or to attain the status of a
non-Contracting Party cooperating with CCAMLR by participating in the Catch
Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. (CDS) in accordance with the provisions
of Conservation Measure 10-05 and produce a summary paper for consideration by the
Commission. The Executive Secretary shall provide copies of this conservation
measure and any related resolutions adopted by the Commission.
C2. The Executive Secretary shall also establish contact with any non-Contracting Party
during the intersessional period, as soon as possible after it was known the nonContracting Party was engaged in the trade with Dissostichus spp. The Executive
Secretary shall immediately circulate any written responses to the Members of the
Commission.
C3. The Executive Secretary shall encourage non-Contracting Parties to approach the
CCAMLR Secretariat with requests for assistance. Proposals must demonstrate how
any specific assistance requested will help to combat IUU fishing in the Convention
Area. Such requests will be considered by the Commission at its annual meeting.

C4. Any non-Contracting Party that seeks to be accorded the status of non-Contracting Party
cooperating with CCAMLR by participating in the CDS shall apply to the Executive
Secretary requesting such status. Such requests must be received by the Executive
Secretary no later than ninety (90) days in advance of an annual meeting of the CAMLR
Commission in order to be considered at that meeting.
C5. Any non-Contracting Party requesting the status of a non-Contracting Party cooperating
with CCAMLR by participating in the CDS shall fulfil the following requirements in
order to have this status considered by the Commission:
(i)

Information requirements:
(a)

(ii)

communicate the data required under the CDS.

Compliance requirements:
(a)

implement all the provisions of Conservation Measure 10-05;

(b)

inform CCAMLR of all the measures taken to ensure compliance by its
vessels used for the transhipments of Dissostichus spp. and its operators,
including inter alia, and as appropriate, inspection at sea and in port, CDS
implementation;

(c)

respond to alleged violations of CCAMLR measures by its vessels
transhipping Dissostichus spp. and its operators, as determined by the
appropriate bodies, and communicate to CCAMLR the actions taken against
operators.

C6. An applicant for the status of a non-Contracting Party cooperating with CCAMLR by
participating in the CDS shall also:
(i)

confirm its commitment to implement Conservation Measure 10-05; and

(ii)

inform the Commission of the measures it takes to ensure compliance by its
operators with Conservation Measure 10-05.

C7. The Standing Committee for Implementation and Compliance (SCIC) shall be
responsible for reviewing requests for the status of non-Contracting Party cooperating
with CCAMLR by participating in the CDS and for recommending to the Commission
whether the applicants should be granted such status.
C8. Annually the Commission shall review the status granted to each non-Contracting Party
and may revoke this status if the non-Contracting Party concerned has not complied
with the criteria for attaining such status established by this measure.