The CCAMLR Secretariat will be closed from midday Friday 21 December 2018 until Tuesday 1 January 2019. The office will reopen on Wednesday 2 January 2019.
We wish everyone an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas period.
At its recent meeting, the Scientific Committee agreed that, as the CCAMLR Scientific Scholarships Scheme was such a successful way of developing capacity in the working groups and in the Scientific Committee, there would an additional call for scholarship applications with a deadline for applications by 29 March 2019.
Today sees the close of the Thirty-seventh Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Australia.
The Governor of Tasmania, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, will today open the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
On International Translation Day (30 September), we acknowledge the crucial role translators play in creating a shared understanding of important CCAMLR business. The CCAMLR translation team consistently produces high-calibre material that is very much appreciated by CCAMLR's diverse audience.
In July, we welcomed Bonney Webb to the CCAMLR Secretariat. Ms Webb takes over from Dr Keith Reid who had been Acting Fishery Monitoring and Compliance Manager while the role was being filled.
CCAMLR is meeting in Norwich and Cambridge (United Kingdom) to share science and safeguard biodiversity.
The Subgroup on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (SG-ASAM) held its annual meeting in early May 2018 in Punta Arenas (Chile). The meeting was chaired by Dr Xianyong Zhao (China).
Today we say farewell to our Executive Secretary, Andrew Wright, who is finishing his tenure of eight years with CCAMLR. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication and we wish you all the best for your future endeavours.