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Category: 10 - Compliance
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 10-01	Marking of fishing vessels and fishing gear	All Areas	All Species	1998 -
Conservation Measure 10-02	Licensing and inspection obligations of Contracting Parties with regard to their flag vessels operating in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2011 -
Conservation Measure 10-03	Port inspections of fishing vessels carrying Antarctic marine living resources	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 10-04	Automated satellite-linked Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS)	All Areas	All Species	2011 -
Conservation Measure 10-05	Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 10-06	Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures	All Areas	All Species	2008 -
Conservation Measure 10-07	Scheme to promote compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures	All Areas	All Species	2009 -
Conservation Measure 10-08	Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party nationals with CCAMLR conservation measures	All Areas	All Species	2009 -
Conservation Measure 10-09	Notification system for transhipments within the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2011 -
Conservation Measure 10-10	CCAMLR Compliance Evaluation Procedure	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Resolution 10/XII	Resolution on harvesting of stocks occurring both within and outside the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	1993 -
Resolution 14/XIX	Catch Documentation Scheme: implementation by Acceding States and non-Contracting Parties	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2000 -
Resolution 15/XXII	Use of ports not implementing the Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2003 -
Resolution 16/XIX	Application of VMS in the Catch Documentation Scheme	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2000 -
Resolution 17/XX	Use of VMS and other measures for the verification of CDS catch data for areas outside the Convention Area, in particular, in FAO Statistical Area 51	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2001 -
Resolution 18/XXI	Harvesting of Dissostichus eleginoides in areas outside of Coastal State jurisdiction adjacent to the CCAMLR Area in FAO Statistical Areas 51 and 57	All Areas	Dissostichus eleginoides	2002 -
Resolution 19/XXI	Flags of non-compliance*	All Areas	All Species	2002 -
Resolution 25/XXV	Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area by the flag vessels of non-Contracting Parties	All Areas	All Species	2006 -
Resolution 27/XXVII	Use of a specific tariff classification for Antarctic krill	All Areas	Euphausia superba	2008 -
Resolution 28/XXVII	Ballast water exchange in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2008 -
Resolution 32/XXIX	Prevention, deterrence and elimination of IUU fishing in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2010 -
Resolution 33/XXX	Provision of flag vessel information to Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres	All Areas	All Species	2011 -

Category: 21 - Notifications
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 21-01	Notification that Members are considering initiating a new fishery	All Areas	All Species	2010 -
Conservation Measure 21-02	Exploratory fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 21-03	Notifications of intent to participate in a fishery for Euphausia superba	All Areas	Euphausia superba	2012 -

Category: 22 - Gear regulations
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 22-01	Regulation on mesh size measurement	All Areas	All Species	1986 -
Conservation Measure 22-02	Mesh size	All Areas	Dissostichus eleginoides, Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, Notothenia rossii	1984 -
Conservation Measure 22-03	Mesh size for Champsocephalus gunnari	All Areas	Champsocephalus gunnari	1990 -
Conservation Measure 22-04	Interim prohibition of deep-sea gillnetting	All Areas	All Species	2010 -
Conservation Measure 22-05	Restrictions on the use of bottom trawling gear in high-seas areas of the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2008 -
Conservation Measure 22-06	Bottom fishing in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 22-07	Interim measure for bottom fishing activities subject to Conservation Measure 22-06 encountering potential vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2010 -
Conservation Measure 22-08	Prohibition on fishing for Dissostichus spp. in depths shallower than 550 m in exploratory fisheries	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2009 -
Conservation Measure 22-09	Protection of registered vulnerable marine ecosystems in subareas, divisions, small-scale research units, or management areas open to bottom fishing	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Resolution 7/IX	Driftnet fishing in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	1990 -

Category: 23 - Data reporting
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 23-01	Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System	All Areas	All Species	2005 -
Conservation Measure 23-02	Ten-day Catch and Effort Reporting System	All Areas	All Species	1993 -
Conservation Measure 23-03	Monthly Catch and Effort Reporting System	All Areas	All Species	1991 -
Conservation Measure 23-04	Monthly Fine-Scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System for Trawl, Longline and Pot Fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2000 -
Conservation Measure 23-05	Monthly Fine-Scale Biological Data Reporting System for Trawl, Longline and Pot Fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2000 -
Conservation Measure 23-06	Data Reporting System for Euphausia superba Fisheries	All Areas	Euphausia superba	2012 -
Conservation Measure 23-07	Daily Catch and Effort Reporting System for Exploratory Fisheries, with the exception of exploratory krill fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2012 -

Category: 24 - Research and experiments
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 24-01	The application of conservation measures to scientific research	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 24-02	Longline weighting for seabird conservation	48.4, 48.6, 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a, 58.4.3b, 58.5.2, 88.1, 88.2	All Species	2008 -
Resolution 30/XXVIII	Climate change	All Areas	All Species	2009 -
Resolution 31/XXVIII	Best available science	All Areas	All Species	2009 -

Category: 25 - Minimisation of incidental mortality
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 25-02	Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of longline fishing or longline fishing research in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 25-03	Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds and marine mammals in the course of trawl fishing in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2011 -
Resolution 22/XXV	International actions to reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds arising from fishing	All Areas	All Species	2006 -

Category: 26 - Environmental protection
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 26-01	General environmental protection during fishing	All Areas	All Species	2009 -

Category: 31 - General measures
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 31-01	Regulation of fishing around South Georgia (Statistical Subarea 48.3)	48.3	All Species	1986 -
Conservation Measure 31-02	General measure for the closure of all fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2007 -
Resolution 20/XXII	Ice-strengthening standards in high-latitude fisheries	All Areas	All Species	2003 -
Resolution 23/XXIII	Safety on board vessels fishing in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2004 -
Resolution 29/XXVIII	Ratification of the Salvage Convention by Members of CCAMLR	All Areas	All Species	2009 -
Resolution 34/XXXI	Enhancing the safety of fishing vessels in the Convention Area	All Areas	All Species	2012 -

Category: 32 - Fishing seasons, closed areas and prohibition of fishing
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 32-01	Fishing seasons	All Areas	All Species	2001 -
Conservation Measure 32-02	Prohibition of directed fishing	48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 58.4.4, 58.5.1, 58.5.2, 58.6, 58.7, 88.2, 88.3	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 32-09	Prohibition of directed fishing for Dissostichus spp. except in accordance with specific conservation measures in the 2012/13 season	48.5	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 32-18	Conservation of sharks	All Areas	All Species	2006 -

Category: 33 - By-catch limits
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 33-01	Limitation of the by-catch of Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus acseratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Notothenia rosii and Lepidonotothen squamifrons in Statistical Subarea 48.3	48.3	Chaenocephalus aceratus, Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, Notothenia rossii, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus	1995 -
Conservation Measure 33-02	Limitation of by-catch in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2012/13 season	58.5.2	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 33-03	Limitation of by-catch in new and exploratory fisheries in the 2012/13 season	All Areas	All Species	2012 -

Category: 41 - Toothfish
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 41-01	General measures for exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in the Convention Area in the 2012/13 season	All Areas	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-02	Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides in Statistical Subarea 48.3 in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons	48.3	Dissostichus eleginoides	2011 -
Conservation Measure 41-03	Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 48.4 in the 2012/13 fishing season	48.4	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-04	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in the 2012/13 season	48.6	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-05	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Division 58.4.2 in the 2012/13 season	58.4.2	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-06	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. on Elan Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3a) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2012/13 season	58.4.3a	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-07	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. on BANZARE Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3b) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2012/13 season	58.4.3b	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-08	Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons	58.5.2	Dissostichus eleginoides	2011 -
Conservation Measure 41-09	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 88.1 in the 2012/13 season	88.1	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-10	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 88.2 in the 2012/13 season	88.2	Dissostichus spp	2012 -
Conservation Measure 41-11	Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Division 58.4.1 in the 2012/13 season	58.4.1	Dissostichus spp	2012 -

Category: 42 - Icefish
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 42-01	Limits on the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 in the 2012/13 season	48.3	Champsocephalus gunnari	2012 -
Conservation Measure 42-02	Limits on the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2012/13 season	58.5.2	Champsocephalus gunnari	2012 -

Category: 51 - Krill
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 51-01	Precautionary catch limitations on Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4	48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 48.4	Euphausia superba	2010 -
Conservation Measure 51-02	Precautionary catch limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.1	58.4.1	Euphausia superba	2008 -
Conservation Measure 51-03	Precautionary catch limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.2	58.4.2	Euphausia superba	2008 -
Conservation Measure 51-04	General measure for exploratory fisheries for Euphausia superba in the Convention Area in the 2012/13 season	All Areas	Euphausia superba	2012 -
Conservation Measure 51-06	General measure for scientific observation in fisheries for Euphausia superba	All Areas	Euphausia superba	2012 -
Conservation Measure 51-07	Interim distribution of the trigger level in the fishery for Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4	48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 48.4	Euphausia superba	2011 -

Category: 91 - Protected Areas
Reference Number	Title	Areas	Species	Period in Force
Conservation Measure 91-01	Procedure for according protection to CEMP sites	All Areas	All Species	2004 -
Conservation Measure 91-02	Protection of the values of Antarctic Specially Managed and Protected Areas	All Areas	All Species	2012 -
Conservation Measure 91-03	Protection of the South Orkney Islands southern shelf	48.2	All Species	2009 -
Conservation Measure 91-04	General framework for the establishment of CCAMLR Marine Protected Areas	All Areas	All Species	2011 -

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