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CCAMLR e-CDS User Manual
CCAMLR’s Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) seeks to: identify the origins of Dissostichus spp ... . entering the markets of Contracting Parties and cooperating non-Contracting Parties (NCPs) track the ... Dissostichus spp. harvested in the Convention Area was caught in a manner consistent with CCAMLR conservation ... measures address concerns of IUU fishing relating to the threat of serious depletion of Dissostichus spp ...
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Marine pollution
2.5.1 Effectiveness of CCAMLR to implement measures to provide for protection of the Southern ... Ocean and Antarctic environment from the impacts of vessels engaged in harvesting, research ... Recommendation Responsible body Activities to date Status 2.5.1.1 The RP encouraged data on discarded and lost ... fishing gear to be collected and reported on more routinely. SCIC/ Commission In 2009, the Scientific ...
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Adoption of conservation and management measures
3.5.2 Extent to which CCAMLR has applied a precautionary approach as set forth in the Code of ... Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Article 7.5, including the application of precautionary reference points ... Recommendation Responsible body Activities to date Status 3.5.2.1 The requirements for conservation of habitats ... that impacts habitats and the monitoring and research programs. As with other aspects of ecosystem ...
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Convention Area
The Convention Area is described in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... Resources (74.48 KB) as consisting of all waters bounded by the Antarctic Continent to the south, and to the ... longitude; thence due south to 60°S latitude; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the ... starting point. The Convention Area represents around 10 percent of the Earth’s oceans and has a surface ...
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System of Inspection
To ensure vessels fishing in the Convention Area comply with conservation measures, CCAMLR ... implements a System of Inspection. CCAMLR’s System of Inspection was established in 1989 to support the ... comprehensive inspections of vessels by Contracting Parties. The System of Inspection provides for: procedures ... for the designation of inspectors the rights and responsibilities of Inspectors procedures for ...
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Non-Contracting Parties
Non-Contracting Parties (NCPs) One of the objectives of the Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) is to ... promote cooperation between CCAMLR and non-Contracting Parties (NCPs) in the voluntary implementation of ... the CDS. Without the cooperation of NCPs that trade in toothfish, the effectiveness of the CDS is ... participating in the CDS can cooperate with CCAMLR in several ways: by monitoring toothfish trade through ...
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Meeting information Acceding States
The CCAMLR Secretariat is delighted to be hosting the 31st meeting of the Scientific Committee. We ... hope you will find the following information useful to make your participation enjoyable. Rules of ... Procedure of the Commission (194.47 KB) (Rules 30-35) and the Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Committee ... (194.15 KB) (Rules 19-24) relating to the participation of Observers. Submission of papers to meetings of ...
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Manuals
Resources for CCAMLR Designated Inspectors are provided in a separate section of the website. The ... hard-copy version of the Inspectors Manual is currently not available. In order to assist CCAMLR ... Members and their observers in planning observation programs and recording data, the CCAMLR Secretariat ... , in consultation with the Scientific Committee and its working groups, have revised the Scientific ...
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Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS)
CCAMLR implements a range of measures to support the conservation and management of Antarctic ... marine living resources. These measures seek to minimise the impact harvesting activities may have on the ... sustainability of target species, on species taken incidentally as by-catch and on the marine ecosystems. CCAMLR ... and compliance tools, including the Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) for Dissostichus spp. (toothfish ...
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Conservation
2.3.1 Extent to which CCAMLR has taken into account the effects of harvesting, research ... , conservation and associated activities on the marine ecosystem, the known or potential effects of environmental ... changes in its management of Antarctic marine living resources, and the risks and effects of the ... introduction of alien species Recommendation Responsible body Activities to date Status 2.3.1.1 The RP ...
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