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Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA)
At its second meeting, in 1983, the Scientific Committee agreed that the starting point for ... discussions on fish stock assessment should be to consider the report of the second meeting of the BIOMASS ... , in 1984, based on the findings of the BIOMASS report and other information on the status of fish ... stocks in the Antarctic, the Scientific Committee agreed to the following terms of reference for the ad ...
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Science
Science is fundamental to CCAMLR. The Convention itself was born out of the concern of scientists ... that, following unsustainable harvesting of fish in the sub-Antarctic during the late 1960s and mid ... -1970s, the emergence of interest in the large-scale exploitation of Antarctic krill may have drastic ... ecosystem consequences. In 1975, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCPs) noted the need to focus ...
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Second CCAMLR Performance Review
The Commission for the Conservation of the Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR) undertook a ... Performance Review in 2008 which resulted in wide-ranging recommendations that were taken up in the Commission ... second Performance Review (CCAMLR-XXXV, Annex 8). The Second Performance Review (PR2) of CCAMLR was ... conducted during the 2016/17 intersessional period. PR2 evaluated the following: Progress in implementing ...
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About CCAMLR
Conserving Antarctic marine life The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving ... , a keystone component of the Antarctic ecosystem and a history of over-exploitation of several other ... marine resources in the Southern Ocean. Ecosystem-based management Being responsible for the conservation ...
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Publications
States, Observers and the Secretariat to celebrate forty years since the Convention came into force ... , objectives and achievements to date. Annual publications The Commission report contains the record of the ... discussions among CCAMLR Members and the decisions made at the Commission’s annual meetings in Hobart. The ... Scientific Committee report is an annual publication recording CCAMLR’s scientific meetings throughout the ...
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First CCAMLR Performance Review
review of the organisation during 2008. CCAMLR’s decision provided for the review to be carried out by a ... panel appointed by the Commission composed of nine persons as follows: four internationally recognised ... experts with CCAMLR experience; the Chair of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting’s Committee for ... with experience in relevant areas of science, fisheries management and legal matters. Report of the ...
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CCAMLR Logo
The CCAMLR logo or 'brand mark' is used to create a unique visual identifier for CCAMLR ... , website and social media. It also appears on CCAMLR security passes and a range of CCAMLR merchandise. The ... CCAMLR logo adorns the Headquarters building in Hobart, Australia. The logo consists of a map of ... Antarctica showing the boundaries of the CAMLR Convention Area and lines of longitude radiating out from the ...
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
protection for all or part of the natural resources it contains. Within an MPA certain activities are limited ... prohibited, as well as areas where under specific circumstances and with the objective of promoting research ... and scientific understanding, fishing may still be permitted if conducted consistenly with the ... objectives of the MPA. Other uses may also be permitted. Areas closed to fishing (or in which fishing ...
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
In the 1990’s IUU fishing for toothfish in the Convention Area was estimated to be over six times ... the catch reported by authorised fishing vessels. At that time, CCAMLR was aware that other Antarctic ... marine stocks had not recovered from overfishing in the 1970’s and identified that addressing IUU fishing ... was a critical need. Although it is believed that the level of IUU fishing in the Convention Area has ...
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Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs)
water corals and sponge fields) resulted in a call for global action to regulate bottom fishing in the ... the protection of VMEs. The adverse impacts of bottom fishing on marine ecosystems is widely ... areas beyond national jurisdiction. The global concern about the adverse effects of bottom fisheries has ... placed the issue on the agenda of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans ...
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