Pursuant to section 113C of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Notice 2023.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Notification of Global, Regional, or Sub-regional Fisheries Organisation or Arrangement

For the purposes of Part 6A of the Fisheries Act 1996 and the definition of global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement in section 113B of that Act, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is an agreement or arrangement within the meaning of that definition.

4. Notification of International Conservation and Management Measures

For the purposes of Part 6A of the Fisheries Act 1996 and the definition of international conservation and management measures in section 113B of that Act, the conservation measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources that are set out in the Schedule of this notice are measures within the meaning of that definition.

5. Where Copies are Available

Copies of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources establishing the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the conservation measures referred to in clause 4 can be obtained online at www.ccamlr.org or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington.

6. Revocation

The Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications-Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Notice 2020, as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 26 November 2020, Notice No. 2020-go5416 is revoked.

Schedule

Conservation and Management Measures

The conservation measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources are—

1. Conservation Measure 10-01 (2014): Marking of fishing vessels and fishing gear:
2. Conservation Measure 10-02 (2022): Licensing and inspection obligations of Contracting Parties with regard to their flag vessels operating in the Convention Area:
3. Conservation Measure 10-03 (2019): Port inspections of fishing vessels carrying Antarctic marine living resources:
4. Conservation Measure 10-04 (2022): Automated satellite-linked Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS):
5. Conservation Measure 10-05 (2022): Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp:
6. Conservation Measure 10-06 (2016): Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures:
7. Conservation Measure 10-07 (2016): Scheme to promote compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures:
8. Conservation Measure 10-08 (2017): Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party nationals with CCAMLR conservation measures:
9. Conservation Measure 10-09 (2022): Notification system for transhipments within the Convention Area:
10. Conservation Measure 10-10 (2023): CCAMLR Compliance Evaluation Procedure:
11. Conservation Measure 21-01 (2019): Notification that Members are considering initiating a new fishery:
12. Conservation Measure 21-02 (2019): Exploratory fisheries:
13. Conservation Measure 21-03 (2019): Notifications of intent to participate in a fishery for Euphausia superba:
14. Conservation Measure 22-01 (1986): Regulation on mesh size measurement:
15. Conservation Measure 22-02 (1984): Mesh size:
16. Conservation Measure 22-03 (1990): Mesh size for Champsocephalus gunnari:
17. Conservation Measure 22-04 (2010): Interim prohibition of deep-sea gillnetting:
18. Conservation Measure 22-05 (2008): Restrictions on the use of bottom trawling gear in high-seas areas of the Convention Area:
19. Conservation Measure 22-06 (2019): Bottom fishing in the Convention Area:
20. Conservation Measure 22-07 (2013): Interim measure for bottom fishing activities subject to Conservation Measure 22-06 encountering potential vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Convention Area:
21. Conservation Measure 22-08 (2009): Prohibition on fishing for Dissostichus in depths shallower than 550 m in exploratory fisheries:
22. Conservation Measure 22-09 (2012): Protection of registered vulnerable marine ecosystems in subareas, divisions, small-scale research units, or management areas open to bottom fishing:
23. Conservation Measure 23-01 (2016): Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System:
24. Conservation Measure 23-02 (2016): Ten-day Catch and Effort Reporting System:
25. Conservation Measure 23-03 (2016): Monthly Catch and Effort Reporting System:
26. Conservation Measure 23-04 (2016): Monthly fine-scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System for Trawl, Longline and Pot Fisheries:
27. Conservation Measure 23-06 (2022): Data Reporting System for Euphausia superba fisheries:
28. Conservation Measure 23-07 (2016): Daily Catch and Effort Reporting System for Exploratory Fisheries, with the exception of exploratory krill fisheries:
29. Conservation Measure 24-01 (2023): The application of conservation measures to scientific research:
30. Conservation Measure 24-02 (2014): Longline weighting for seabird conservation:
31. Conservation Measure 24-04 (2017): Establishing time-limited Special Areas for Scientific Study in newly exposed marine areas following ice-shelf retreat or collapse in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.5 and 88.3:
32. Conservation Measure 24-05 (2023): Fishing for research purposes pursuant to Conservation Measure 24-01:
33. Conservation Measure 25-02 (2023): Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of longline fishing or longline fishing research in the Convention Area:
34. Conservation Measure 25-03 (2023): Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds and marine mammals in the course of trawl fishing in the Convention Area:
35. Conservation Measure 26-01 (2022): General environmental protection during fishing:
36. Conservation Measure 31-01 (1986): Regulation offishing around South Georgia in Statistical Subarea 3:
37. Conservation Measure 31-02 (2007): General measure for the closure of all fisheries:
38. Conservation Measure 32-01 (2001): Fishing seasons:
39. Conservation Measure 32-02 (2017): Prohibition of directed fishing:
40. Conservation Measure 32-09 (2023): Prohibition of directed fishing for Dissostichus except in accordance with specific conservation measures in the 2023/24 season:
41. Conservation Measure 32-18 (2006): Conservation of sharks:
42. Conservation Measure 33-01 (1995): Limitation of the by-catch of Gobionotothen gibberifrons Chaenocephalus aceratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Notothenia rossii and Lepidonotothen squamifrons in Statistical Subarea 48.3:
43. Conservation Measure 33-02 (2023): Limitation of by-catch in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2023/24 season:
44. Conservation Measure 33-03 (2023): Limitation of by-catch in new and exploratory fisheries in the 2023/24 season:
45. Conservation Measure 41-01 (2023): General measures for exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in the Convention Area in the 2023/24 season:
46. Conservation Measure 41-03 (2023): Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 48.4 in the 2023/24 season:
47. Conservation Measure 41-04 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in the 2023/24 season:
48. Conservation Measure 41-05 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Division 58.4.2 in the 2023/24 season:
49. Conservation Measure 41-06 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus e/eginoides on Elan Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3a) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2023/24 season:
50. Conservation Measure 41-07 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni on BANZARE Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3b) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2023/24 season:
51. Conservation Measure 41-08 (2023): Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus e/eginoides in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2023/23 season:
52. Conservation Measure 41-09 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 88.1 in the 2023/24 season:
53. Conservation Measure 41-10 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 88.2 in the 2023/24 season:
54. Conservation Measure 41-11 (2023): Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Division 58.4.1 in the 2023/24 season:
55. Conservation Measure 42-01 (2023): Limits on the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons:
56. Conservation Measure 42-02 (2023): Limits on the fishery for Champsocepha/us gunnari in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons:
57. Conservation Measure 51-01 (2010): Precautionary catch limitations on Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4:
58. Conservation Measure 51-02 (2008): Precautionary catch limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.1:
59. Conservation Measure 51-03 (2008): Precautionary catch limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.2:
60. Conservation Measure 51-04 (2023): General measure for exploratory fisheries for Euphausia superba in the Convention Area in the 2023/24 season:
61. Conservation Measure 51-06 (2019): General measure for scientific observation in fisheries for Euphausia superba:
62. Conservation Measure 51-07 (2023): Interim distribution of the trigger level in the fishery for Euphausiasuperba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3, and 48.4:
63. Conservation Measure 91-01 (2004): Procedure for according protection to CEMP sites:
64. Conservation Measure 91-02 (2012): Protection of the values of Antarctic Specially Managed and Protected Areas:
65. Conservation Measure 91-03 (2009): Protection of the South Orkney Islands southern shelf
66. Conservation Measure 91-04 (2011): General framework for the establishment of CCAMLR Marine Protected Areas:
67. Conservation Measure 91-05 (2016): Ross Sea region marine protected area in Subarea 88.1, SSRU - Small­ Scale Research Unit 88.2 A, SSRU - Small-Scale Research Unit 88.2 B

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 2023.

CHRIS SEED, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.