TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

The attached report summarises fishing activities in 2010/11 as reported in 5-day, 10-day and monthly catch and effort data submitted to the Secretariat to date. These data are circulated in accordance with conservation measures in force.

Catch and effort by reporting period for each fishery are emailed regularly to Contracting Parties participating in these fisheries.

Andrew Wright

Executive Secretary

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

Togo has requested that the attached information regarding a number of IUU listed vessels be circulated to all Members of the Commission.

Andrew Wright

Executive Secretary

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION



Please find attached a communication from France relating to CCAMLR’s IUU Vessel List which France has requested to be circulated to Members.



Andrew Wright

Executive Secretary

In accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06, paragraph 6, Members are advised that in the 2010/11 season to date, no new vessel which could be considered for inclusion on the Draft CP-IUU Vessel List for 2011/12 has been reported to CCAMLR.

In accordance with Conservation Measure 10-07, paragraph 10, and subject to the attached information provided by Australia, as indicated in COMM CIRC 11/26, Members are informed that one vessel, the Iranian-flagged Koosha 4, is offered for inclusion on the Draft NCP-IUU Vessel List for 2011/12.

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

In accordance with Conservation Measure 21-03, please see the accompanying correspondence from Korea advising that, due to a fire in its engine room, the vessel Maestro has been replaced by the Adventure in the krill fishery in Area 48.



Andrew Wright

Executive Secretary

Please find attached a communication from Australia relating to the development of a compliance evaluation procedure.

Spain has requested that the attached letter be circulated to all Members of the Commission.

Uruguay has requested that the attached letter be circulated to all Members of the Commission.

In 2010 the Commission was informed of a loss of A$1m in investments from a collateralized debt obligation (CDO) failure. The Commission also accepted a SCAF recommendation to write down a further investment of A$600 000 to A$152 468.



SCAF was advised at the time that an Australian law firm, Piper Alderman, was proposing to run a class action against the bank selling the CDO investments and that the Commission was invited to join that class action. The Commission also accepted the SCAF recommendation that it not join any litigation at that time.

Following discussion at the recent meeting of WG-EMM regarding the Scientific Committee’s agreement last year to hold technical workshops on the development of representative systems of MPAs, I have pleasure in providing details of the third of these workshops, to be held at the Federal Public Service Health, Eurostation, Brussels, Belgium from 10 to 14 September 2012 (as initially indicated in SC CIRC 12/24) (see attachment for further details).