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Scientific Committee
When the CAMLR Convention came into force it established the Scientific Committee (SC-CAMLR) and ... all Members of the Commission are also Members of the Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee ... provides the best available scientific information on harvesting levels and other management issues to the ... Commission. In turn, the Commission is obligated by the Convention to take full account of the ...
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Information Note
SC-CAMLR-IM-I and CCAMLR-SM-II INFORMATION NOTE The following information is provided by the ... Secretariat for the use of Member and Observer delegations to the First Intersessional Meeting of the ... Scientific Committee (SC-CAMLR-IM I) and the Second Special Meeting of the Commission (CCAMLR-SM-II) for the ... . Commission: 15 and 16 July 2013. Details of the Heads of Delegation meetings for the Scientific Committee and ...
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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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Bird Exclusion Devices for use in CCAMLR Longline Fisheries
Paragraph 9 of 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' ... ; requires the use of a 'device to discourage birds from accessing baits during the haul of longlines ... , based on the analysis of seabird by-catch on vessels with bird exclusion devices (BEDSs) of different ...
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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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CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP)
In order to manage the commercial harvesting of Antarctic marine living resources in accordance ... with the ‘ecosystem approach’ that is embodied in Article II of the CAMLR Convention, the effects of ... taken into account. Dependent species are those species that feed on the target species or are impacted ... by the removal of the targets species from the food web. Associated species are typically those that ...
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Fisheries
The fisheries in the Convention Area currently target Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus ... Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). These fisheries are managed using the ecosystem-based and precautionary ... maintain existing ecological relationships. The fisheries operate in a regulatory framework which ... recognises five types of fisheries that reflect the stage of development and the level of information ...
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Membership
A CCAMLR Contracting Party is a State or a regional economic integration organisation, such as the ... European Union, which has committed to the Convention through ratification, acceptance, approval or ... accession. Contracting Parties that are not Members of the Commission are called Acceding States. The ... Convention is open for accession by any State interested in research or harvesting activities to which the ...
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CCAMLR Science
CCAMLR Science is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Commission for the ... Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). It contains articles dealing with the science that ... underpins the conservation and the rational use of Antarctic marine living resources. The journal was ... established by the CCAMLR Scientific Committee to bring the high quality and diversity of science that ...
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