SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS FOR KRILL FISHERIES IN 2010/11

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS FOR KRILL FISHERIES IN 2010/11

Secretariat

In accordance with Conservation Measure 21-03, seven Members notified their intentions to

participate in krill fisheries in Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4 and Divisions 58.4.1 and

58.4.2 in 2009/10 (Table 1) ; there was no notification submitted for exploratory fisheries for

krill in 2010/11 (Conservation Measure 21-02). Fifteen fishing vessels have been included in

the notifications and the expected catch of krill is approximately 410 000 tonnes (Tables 2

and 3, and Figure 1). The notifications are in Appendix 1.

2. The notifications were submitted to the 2010 meeting of WG-EMM (WG-EMM-

10/6), and the Working Group’s advice on this matter is reported in SC-CAMLR-XXIX/3

(paragraphs 2.18 to 2. 21).

3. Following a request from WG-EMM last year (SC-CAMLR-XXVIII, Annex 4,

Paragraph 3.32), the essential information contained in krill fishery notifications submitted in

official languages other than English was translated into English in order to facilitate

evaluation by the working Group (see Appendix 1, notifications from Chile and Russia).