The Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. (CDS) was effectively implemented in 2023 by 15 Member States, 3 Acceding States, and 1 non-Contracting Party (NCP) cooperating with CCAMLR by participating in the CDS. The Secretariat contacted 12 NCPs to seek their engagement in the CDS in 2024.
Analysis of the trends in the CDS data for 2023 identified France as having landed the largest quantity of toothfish (4 685 t) and Chile having exported the largest quantity of toothfish (3 857 t). More toothfish is caught inside the Convention Area then outside. The largest quantity of imports was by the United States of America (USA) followed by China. The majority of imports (98%) were to a country which was a Contracting Party or had a cooperative status with CCAMLR.