CCAMLR as a whole (which includes 25 countries plus the European Union) is responsible for managing the Ross Sea region MPA, but many technical aspects of the work (e.g., compiling data ...

CCAMLR was first established in 1982 in response to growing commercial interest in Antarctica’s ocean resources, particularly krill. Since then, CCAMLR has passed many conservation measures to ...

CCAMLR was not able to agree on a proposal put forward by Australia, the EU and France for an MPA in East Antarctica for the seventh year in a row, after failing to gain the required consensus.

In an opening speech to CCAMLR members, the United States declared its support for the MPA proposals and sent a clear message to stonewalling countries, explicitly mentioning Russia but not China.

Reports from a landmark meeting to debate protections for Antarctic wildlife suggest that Russia continue to resist U.S. and European initiatives to establish no-fishing areas in the Southern Ocean.

Delegates from 24 countries and the European Union have agreed that the Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world's largest marine protected area (MPA).

More protected area (MPA) in 2017. Liz Allen Yesterday, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) concluded its 39th annual meeting.

However, CCAMLR members committed to holding a “special symposium” in July 2024 to discuss how the Antarctic Peninsula MPA, first proposed in 2018 by Chile and Argentina, might be implemented.

Hon Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs 2 November 2012 Media Statement CCAMLR to Reconvene on Ross Sea MPA Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today expressed disappointment that the ...

The MPA plan was first tabled at the CCAMLR meeting in 2012 by the United States and New Zealand, after a last-minute merging of their separate proposals.

CCAMLR needs to step up and take a role in working closer with IWC to ensure that happens. It is a travesty that Japan can go into an ocean sanctuary and harpoon whales." The Ross Sea MPA, one of the ...