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1. Meeting of Antarctic experts comes to a close

   Today sees the close of the Fortieth Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Due to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission conducted its Fortieth Meeting online from 18 to 29 October 2021. The meeting was attended

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2. New Research, Monitoring and Compliance Analyst

   November sees us welcome Claire van Werven to the role of Research, Monitoring and Compliance Analyst. This role works across the Fisheries Monitoring and Compliance (FMC) and Science teams to assist with the maintenance and analysis of fishery compliance monitoring and ecological monitoring data.

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3. Dr Steve Parker joins the Secretariat as Science Manager

   This week the Secretariat welcomes Dr Steve Parker to the role of Science Manager. Steve comes to us from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand where he was the International Fisheries Program Leader and has enjoyed many years participating in CCAMLR

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4. Appointment of new Russian Translation Team Coordinator

   The Secretariat welcomes Olga Kozyrevitch to the role of Russian Translation Team Coordinator. Olga has been working with CCAMLR in the role of Translator for the past two years after initially coming to Hobart as an intern and then supporting CCAMLR-38 as an interpreter. In addition to Olga’s

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5. CCAMLR–SPRFMO Arrangement signed

   In a ceremony at the 7th meeting of the SPRFMO Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, an extension to the arrangement between CCAMLR and SPRFMO has been signed by the Commission Chair, Ambassador Fernando Curcio and the SPRFMO Chair, Mr Osvaldo Urrutia. The arrangement solidifies the collaboration

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6. CCAMLR appoints new Commission Chair

   At the 2018 Commission meeting, Spain was elected to the position of Chair for the 2019 and 2020 meetings. In accepting the appointment, Spain advised that Mr Fernando Curcio, the current Ambassador of Spain in New Zealand, would assume this role. Ambassador Curcio holds a degree in Law from the

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7. Workshop on the Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. enhances Ecuador’s cooperation with CCAMLR

   At CCAMLR-XXXVII, the CCAMLR community recognised Ecuador as a Non-Contracting Party (NCP) cooperating with CCAMLR though participation in the CDS. The recognition of this status for Ecuador is the result of two years of discussion and consideration by the Commission. Ecuador successfully

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8. Secretariat staff announcements – New DIS Manager and French Translator

   Data and Information Systems Manager We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Dewhurst to the role of Data and Information Systems (DIS) Manager here at the Secretariat. Gary has been working as part of the Secretariat for the past three years as our Data Systems Analyst and is well

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9. 40 years of the Convention

   7 April 2022 will be the 40th anniversary of the CAMLR Convention coming into force. This is a significant milestone for CCAMLR, and some of the many successes for the organisation are presented in a series of blogs that were released prior to the 40th meeting of the Commission in 2021. The

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10. A Patagonian toothfish in Western Australia?

    A toothfish tag has made its way back to CCAMLR in a very unusual way. The tag in question, A289770, which was released on a Patagonian toothfish in December 2015 around Prince Edward and Marion Islands, has managed to find its way over 6 700 km to the Western Australian coastline. The unusual

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