This report describes the observations of the reporting officer aboard the FV Will Watch during a trip in June–July 2009 (Trip 36). The 49-day trip primarily involved bottom trawling for orange roughy around Walters Shoal in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the southwestern Indian Ocean. This report documents relevant information on operational issues related to aimed trawling, specific issues in this fishery, the potential for further collaboration with the deep-sea fishing industry in this region, as well as an overview of the fishery that is relevant to current and future policy.

Concept Note for the GEF-7 Child Project on "Sustainable Management of Tuna Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction" (the Tuna Project). 

Concept Note for the GEF-7 Child Project on "Deep-sea Fisheries under the Ecosystem Approach" (the DSF Project). 

Concept Note for the GEF-7 Child Project on "Building and Enhancing Sectoral and Cross-Sectoral Capacity to Support Sustainable Resource Use and Biodiversity Conservation in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction" (the Cross-Sectoral Project). 

Concept Note for the GEF-7 Child Project on " Strengthening the Stewardship of an Economically and Biologically Significant High Seas Area – the Sargasso Sea" (the Sargasso Sea Project).