After two weeks of negotiations in Hobart, Australia on 4 November 2011 the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) adopted a conservation measure to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean....
The 31st Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) was unable to reach the necessary consensus among its 25 members last week on declaring Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean. The...
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) is an intergovernmental organization established by international treaty in 1982 and forms part of the Antarctic Treaty System . From 11-16- July 2013 CCAMLR will hold...
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) meeting this month in Hobart, Australia ( click here ), will once more consider creating new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Antarctic waters. Support from several...
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) completed its 33rd round of annual meetings in Hobart, Australia last week. On the agenda - for the fourth year running - were proposals for new Marine Protected Areas...
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) meeting this month in Hobart, Australia has achieved consensus among its 24 members and agreed to create the World’s largest Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea,...
France has announced the creation of a very large Marine Protected Area (MPA) around its sub-Antarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean. The new MPA will give added formal protection to the ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels that forage within it,...
Last week Mexico declared a large Marine Protected Area arounds it Revillagigedo Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The 150 000-km² MPA will be closed to fishing, oil and gas extraction and and development for tourism in the area; recreational diving will...
