Conservation of Antarctic marine living resources: improving the functioning of the catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp.

OBJECTIVE: to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 establishing a catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation (EC) No 669/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 establishing a catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. CONTENT: Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 of 22 May 2001 establishing a catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. implements the catch documentation scheme adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) at its 18th annual meeting in November 1999. In November 2001, at its 20th annual meeting, the CCAMLR adopted a number of amendments to the scheme, which sought, inter alia, to prevent misreporting and to improve export control, and introduced a procedure to deal with the disposal of seized and confiscated catches. As a result, the Council decided to amend Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 in order to take account of these amendments. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 5 May 2003. �