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By-catch species
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Conference on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Description / Abstract: The Final Act of the Conference for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Canberra, Australia, 7-20 May 1980.
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Publications
CCAMLR 40th Anniversary Commemorative Book (19.52 MB). A collaboration between Members, Acceding States, Observers and the Secretariat to celebrate forty years since the Convention came into force. CCAMLR Brochure (6.95 MB). This brochure is designed to increase awareness of CCAMLR's
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Cooperation with others
The Commission and the Scientific Committee cooperate with intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations for mutual benefit. Cooperation may be informal or, as appropriate, by formal agreement. CCAMLR maintains mutually beneficial relations with a wide range of other multilateral
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Authorised vessels
To participate in fishing activities inside the Convention Area, Members must issue a licence, permit or authorisation to their flagged vessels detailing the specific areas, species and time periods for which fishing is authorised. The details of these licences, permits or authorisations must be
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Vessel movements
To further improve compliance with conservation measures, Members are required to notify the CCAMLR Secretariat of the movements into, out of and between subareas and divisions of the Convention Area for their flagged vessels within 24 hours of a movement occurring. A vessel may also provide these
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Vessel transhipments
To improve the knowledge within CCAMLR of vessels operating inside the Convention Area and recognising the need to control transhipment operations, CCAMLR requires Members to provide the details of vessel transhipments to the CCAMLR Secretariat at least 72 hours before transhipment is to occur. A
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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
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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
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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
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