Secretariat - COM07 Draft Final Report with Annexes for Review

Draft Report of COM07 related meetings for review by Members. Comments are due by 25 April 2023. Circular #017/2023 contains details of the process as well as identifies edits that have been made for accuracy. They are also pasted below:

Annex: Significant Revisions to NPFC COM07-related Meeting reports

FAC Final Report

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Amended Language in Final Report

Reason for Amending

Agenda Item 11 was overlooked

Agenda Item 11:

The report was adopted by consensus.

Item 11 had been dropped and essentially combined with Agenda Item 10.

TCC Final Report

Para	Language in Original Report	Amended Language in Final Report	Reason for Amending
46	China also stated that it had issued a circular regarding boarding ladders after the NPFC boarding ladder measure was adopted.	China also stated that it had issued a circular regarding boarding ladders after the NPFC boarding ladder guidelines were adopted.	COM 06 report paragraph 33- COM06 “agreed to amend the CMM to include and annex to encourage adoption of boarding ladders that meet minimum specifications and adopted the revised CMM.”
96	Under para. 23 of the measure the scheme expired in 2022 but was granted a one-year extension by the special meeting of the Commission in October 2022	The scheme was scheduled to expire in November 2022 but was granted a one-year extension by the special meeting of the Commission in October 2022.	1^st special Commission Meeting, paragraphs 17 and 18: 17. “…the CMM 2019-13 For the Compliance Monitoring Scheme will expire on 29th of November 2022, three years after its entry into force. 18. The Commission agreed to a 1-year rollover of the Compliance Monitoring Scheme.
117	This implies that vessels will require an IMO number to register.	This confirms that vessels will require an IMO number to register	The new 2023-01, Annex 1 will remove reference to “pending” IMO #s, requiring an IMO # as prerequisite to vessel registration.
		170. The meeting report was adopted by consensus.	Agenda Item 19 added as it had been overlooked

COM Final Report

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Reason for Amending

101

Korea introduced its proposal (NPFC-2023-COM07-WP06 rev1) to add language to CMM 2021-11 requiring the recording and reporting (to the Secretariat by the end February each year) Japanese sardine, neon flying squid, and Japanese flying squid in accordance with domestic recording and reporting requirements.

Korea introduced its proposal (NPFC-2023-COM07-WP06 rev1) to add language to CMM 2021-11 requiring the recording and reporting ~~(to the Secretariat by end February each year)~~ Japanese sardine, neon flying squid, and Japanese flying squid in accordance with domestic recording and reporting requirements.

The language does not include reference to reporting to the Secretariat- see paragraph 105 of COM07 report:

COM07 adopted the following language for insertion into CMMs on Japanese sardine, neon flying squid and Japanese flying squid (Annex R), Pacific saury (Annex S), and chub mackerel (Annex U): “Members of the Commission and CNCPs shall ensure that fishing vessels flying their flag that fish for [<insert species>] record their catches and report them to the relevant flag State authorities in accordance with their national data recording and reporting requirements”

Document Number

NPFC-2023-COM07 Final Report (Draft with Annexes for Review)

Document Version

Agenda Item

Adoption of the report

Authors

Report submitted by the Secretariat for review by Members. This version contains grammatical edits and also some more substantial edits that have been flagged in Circular #017/2023.