Recent events of note include:-

• Agreement to enhanced minimum performance requirements with respect to compliance with national allocations and transhipments.
• A decision to implement a trial independent Quality Assurance Review (QAR) of CCSBT Members’ existing systems and processes during 2013 to 2014.
• A Resolution requiring Members and Cooperating Non-Members (CNMs) to report all sources of mortality of southern bluefin tuna and for this information to be included in assessments by the Extended Scientific Committee.
• Agreement for an annual exchange of data in relation to Ecologically Related Species, commencing in 2013.
• Adoption of a consolidated reporting template to the Compliance Committee and Extended Commission that reduced duplication of information and provides improved more comparable reporting between Members and CNMs.
• Signing of a cooperative arrangement between the CCSBT and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), with a view to enhancing the conservation and rational use of stocks and species which are of interest to both Commissions.
• The total number of fish tagged in the CCSBT tagging program is 79,508, with 11,318 recaptures having been reported as at November 2012.

REWARDS - CCSBT tagging program

A REWARD will be provided for each SBT tag returned to the CCSBT. Two tags have been placed in most SBT. A reward will be provided for each of these tags, so please return both tags if they are present. For more information, please send an e-mail to tags@ccsbt.org.