Comments on management procedures for toothfish fisheries in Statistical Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. Revision to Conservation Measure 31-02

The Russian Federation draws attention to a recurrent situation where, despite the Secretariat's catch and fishing effort monitoring, there has been overfishing of toothfish in the fisheries, reaching up to 20% in recent seasons and 26% in Subarea 88.2 SSRU H.