SUPPORT FOR CCAMLR AND ITS MEASURES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL, UNREGULATED AND UNRESTRICTED FISHING.
INCLUDING A CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME FOR DISSOSTICHUS SPP. (TOOTHFISH).
The Representatives,
Recalling ATCM XXII Resolution 3 (1999) regarding Support for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in its efforts to deal with the problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area;
Recalling also that the Preamble to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) reaffirms the conservation principles of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources;
Recognising that the Objective of the Protocol (Article 2) is for Parties to commit themselves to the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;
Noting that the Eighteen Meeting of the Commission to CCAMLR has introduced a Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. to identify the origins of Dissostichus spp. entering the markets of Contracting Parties and to determine whether Dissostichus spp. harvested in the Convention Area were caught in a manner consistent with CCAMLR Conservation Measures; and
Noting further that as part of that Scheme, the Commission invites non-Contracting Parties (to CCAMLR) whose vessels fish for Dissostichus spp. to participate in the Catch Documentation Scheme.
Recommend that:
All Parties to the Antarctic Treaty which are not Contracting Parties to CCAMLR and whose flag vessels fish for toothfish, or who are involved in the trade of toothfish, participate in, or comply voluntarily with, the CCAMLR Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.
INCLUDING A CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME FOR DISSOSTICHUS SPP. (TOOTHFISH).
The Representatives,
Recalling ATCM XXII Resolution 3 (1999) regarding Support for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in its efforts to deal with the problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area;
Recalling also that the Preamble to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) reaffirms the conservation principles of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources;
Recognising that the Objective of the Protocol (Article 2) is for Parties to commit themselves to the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;
Noting that the Eighteen Meeting of the Commission to CCAMLR has introduced a Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. to identify the origins of Dissostichus spp. entering the markets of Contracting Parties and to determine whether Dissostichus spp. harvested in the Convention Area were caught in a manner consistent with CCAMLR Conservation Measures; and
Noting further that as part of that Scheme, the Commission invites non-Contracting Parties (to CCAMLR) whose vessels fish for Dissostichus spp. to participate in the Catch Documentation Scheme.
Recommend that:
All Parties to the Antarctic Treaty which are not Contracting Parties to CCAMLR and whose flag vessels fish for toothfish, or who are involved in the trade of toothfish, participate in, or comply voluntarily with, the CCAMLR Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.
