13AInterim measure for bottom fishing activities subject to CCAMLR Conservation Measure 22‑06 encountering potential vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Convention Area

13A Interim measure for bottom fishing activities subject to CCAMLR Conservation Measure 22‑06 encountering potential vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Convention Area

13A.1 A person using a boat for bottom fishing activities in the relevant Convention Area must: (a) use a line marked into line segments to carry out the activities; and (b) give to the CCAMLR Secretariat or flag State of the boat each day a report setting out the following information: (i) the total benthos recovered during the day; (ii) if the person is using the boat in a longline fishery—the number of hooks in the water at the time of reporting; (iii) if the person is using the boat in a pot fishery—the number of pots in the water at the time of reporting. 13A.2 If a VME indicator organism is retrieved on a line segment in the relevant Convention Area, the person must: (a) record details about the organism; and (b) remove the deployed line segment; and (c) cease fishing; and (d) give the CCAMLR Secretariat and the boat’s Flag State the following information: (i) if 10 or more VME indicator units are recovered on a single line segment—details about the recovery of 3 VME indicator units; (ii) the location of the midpoint of the line segment; (iii) the number of VME indicator units recovered. 13A.3 If the person receives written notice from the CCAMLR Secretariat that the relevant Convention Area is a risk area, the person must cease fishing. 13A.4 In this clause:

line segment means:

(a) for a longline—the shorter of the following:
(i) a section of line with 1 000 hooks;
(ii) a section of line 1 200 metres long; and
(b) for a potline—a section of line 1 200 metres long.

relevant Convention Area has the same meaning as in clause 13.

risk area means an area:

(a) in which 10 or more VME indicator units are recovered on a single line segment; and
(b) which has a radius of 1 nautical mile from the midpoint of the line segment on which the VME units mentioned in paragraph (a) were recovered.

VME indicator organism means any benthic organism listed in the CCAMLR VME Taxa Classification Guide.

Note: The CCAMLR VME Taxa Classification Guide is available on the internet at www.ccamlr.org/pu/E/sc/obs/VME‑guide.pdf.

VME indicator unit means:

(a) 1 litre of VME indicator organisms that are able to be placed in a 10 litre container; or
(b) 1 kilogram of VME indicator organisms that are not able to be placed in a 10 litre container.