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ISSN-1027-1260 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Meeting Proceedings of the General Council and Fisheries Commission for 2007/2008 Printed and Distributed by: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization P. O. Box 638, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2Y 3Y9 ii iii Foreword This issue of the Proceedings contains the reports of all meetings of the General Council and Fisheries Commission including their subsidiary bodies held in the twelve months preceding the Annual Meeting in September 2007 (between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008). This follows a NAFO cycle of meetings starting with an Annual Meeting rather than by calendar year. This present 2007/2008 issue is comprised of the following sections: SECTION I contains the Report of the General Council including subsidiary bodies reports (STACFAD) 29th Annual Meeting, 24-28 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. SECTION II contains the Report of the Fisheries Commission including subsidiary bodies reports (STACTIC), 29th Annual Meeting, 24-28 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. SECTION III contains the Report of the Fisheries Commission Intersessional Meeting, 30 April – 07 May 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. SECTION IV contains the Report of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC), 1-3 July 2008, Nuuk, Greenland. iv v Contents Foreword............................................................................................................................................................... iii Map ....................................................................................................................................................................... iv Structure of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization ................................................................................. viii SECTION I. Report of the General Council and its Subsidiary Body (STACFAD), 29th Annual Meeting, 24-28 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal ............................................ 1 Part I. Report of the General Council ................................................................................................. 3 Annex 1. Opening Statement by the Chair (David Bevan - Canada) ................................. 8 Annex 2. Opening Speech by His Excellency, the Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Portugal, Jaime Silva ......................................... 9 Annex 3. List of Participants .............................................................................................. 10 Annex 4. Opening Statement by the Representative of the European Union ..................... 23 Annex 5. Opening Statement by the Representative of Canada ......................................... 24 Annex 6. Opening Statement by the Representative of Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) ............................................................................ 25 Annex 7. Opening Statement by the Representative of the United States of America ....... 26 Annex 8. Opening Statement by the Representative of Japan ........................................... 27 Annex 9. List of Actions and Agreed Decisions of General Council ................................. 28 Annex 10. Agenda ................................................................................................................ 29 Annex 11. FAO Statement to the 29th Annual Meeting of NAFO ....................................... 30 Annex 12. Speech by the General Secretary of the CPPS at the Annual Meeting of NAFO 32 Annex 13. Opening Remarks from WWF at the 29th NAFO Annual Meeting .................... 33 Annex 14. Ecology Action Centre Opening Statement to the NAFO General Council ....... 34 Annex 15. WWF Closing Statement: 29th NAFO Annual Meeting ..................................... 35 Annex 16. 2007 Annual Meeting Press Release .................................................................. 36 Annex 17. Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation .................. 42 Part II. Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD) ................... 64 Annex 1. List of Participants .............................................................................................. 69 Annex 2. Agenda ................................................................................................................ 70 Annex 3. Proposed Amendments to Rules 9.5 and 9.6 of the Staff Rules ......................... 71 Annex 4. Proposal for a new salary category in the Publication Manager Classification .. 72 Annex 5. Budget Estimate for 2008 ................................................................................... 74 Annex 6. Preliminary Calculation of Billing for 2008 ....................................................... 77 Annex 7. Preliminary Budget Forecast for 2009 and 2010 ................................................ 78 SECTION II. Report of the Fisheries Commission and its Subsidiary Body (STACTIC), 29th Annual Meeting, 24-28 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal ............................................................... 79 Part I. Report of the Fisheries Commission ........................................................................................ 81 Annex 1. List of Participants .............................................................................................. 90 Annex 2. Record of Decisions by the Fisheries Commission ............................................ 103 Annex 3. Agenda ................................................................................................................ 106 Annex 4. Scientific Council Responses to Questions from the Fisheries Commission ...... 107 Annex 5. Annex I.A. – Annual Quota Table – Redfish 3M ............................................... 111 Annex 6. Intersessional Fisheries Commission Meeting – Management of Shrimp in Divisions 3L and 3M; Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - Agenda ...................... 112 Annex 7. Amendment to NAFO CEM Article 9.1 a) ......................................................... 113 Annex 8. Fisheries Commission's Request for Scientific Advice on Management in 2009 of Certain Stocks in Subareas 2, 3 and 4 .............................................. 114 vi Annex 9. Amendment regarding Minimum Authorized Mesh Size of Mid-water Trawls in the Redfish Fishery in Div. 3O of the NRA ...................................... 118 Annex 10. Cod Recovery Strategy for Divisions 3NO ........................................................ 119 Annex 11. Article 7 – Greenland halibut in Subarea 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO ................ 121 Annex 12. Annual Quota Table (Annex I.A) and Effort Allocation Scheme for Shrimp Fishery in the NRA Div. 3M, 2008 (Annex I.B) ............................................... 122 Annex 13. Korean Position for Allocation of Fishing Opportunities in NAFO ................... 126 Annex 14. Port Inspection Report ........................................................................................ 127 Annex 15. Amendment to Chapter VII – Electronic Reporting, Satellite Tracking and Observers, Article 57 – Follow-up .............................................................. 133 Annex 16. Catch Reporting and Notification Procedures between Divisions 3M and 3L ... 134 Annex 17. Amendment of FC Rule of Procedure 5.1 .......................................................... 137 Annex 18. Amendment of NAFO CEM Article 49, paragraph 6 – Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing ........................................................................... 138 Annex 19. Chartering Arrangements ................................................................................... 139 Annex 20. Annual Compliance Review ............................................................................... 140 Annex 21. Boarding Ladders ............................................................................................... 152 Annex 22. Definition of Transhipment ................................................................................ 155 Annex 23. Amendment to Annex XX (C) Product Form Codes .......................................... 156 Annex 24. Interim Measures to Prevent Significant Adverse Impacts on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems ............................................................................................ 157 Annex 25. Ecology Action Centre (EAC) Statement to the NAFO Fisheries Commission . 160 Annex 26. Statements from WWF to the NAFO Fisheries Commission ............................. 161 Annex 27. Amendment to Article 3 of the NAFO CEM ...................................................... 162 Part II. Report of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) ............................... 163 Annex 1. Agenda ................................................................................................................ 172 SECTION III. Report of the Fisheries Commission Intersessional Meeting, 30 April – 07 May 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ..................................................................................................... 173 Annex 1. List of Participants .............................................................................................. 181 Annex 2. Agenda ................................................................................................................ 188 Annex 3. Opening Statement by the Representative of Canada ......................................... 189 Annex 4. Opening Remarks by the Representative