The Ross Sea is regarded as one of the very few substantially unaltered large (650 000 km²) marine ecosystems left in the World. For some time suggestions have been made by scientists and advocacy groups (such as The Last Ocean Charitable Trust ) for...
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...
Efforts by the Commission for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) to declare two large Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean have failed once more with no consensus being reached at the recent meeting of the Commission...
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 ) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life. The 34th Annual Meetings of CCAMLR were held in Hobart,...
as one of the very few substantially unaltered large marine ecosystems left in the World ( click here ). The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area; KRZ and SRZ are research fishing zones, the rest (i - iii) are "no take" CCAMLR delegates from New Zealand,...
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,...
