The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) held its annual meeting Oct. 14-25 in Hobart, Australia. The international body comprised of 27 members is charged ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today expressed disappointment that the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) deferred agreement on a proposal for a ...

An international commission failed to expand Antarctica's MPA network despite their 2009 agreement to expand the Southern Ocean's MPAs. In October, world leaders came together for the annual meeting ...

Russia has stalled U.S. and European initiatives to establish no-kill zones in the Southern Ocean, ending a landmark meeting to debate protections for Antarctic wildlife. The defeat came at an ...

As the southern hemisphere summer sets in, fishing trawlers from numerous nations head southwards, many of them to the southern ocean. Around this time (October) delegates of member nations of the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. CCAMLR previously pledged to establish two marine protected areas by 2012, but, because of a lack of ...

A map of the Ross Sea region MPA was signed by CCAMLR delegates after the successful designation in October 2016. (Pic John B. Weller) By Andrea Kavanagh (*) - On October 28, 2016, global leaders made ...

The Southern Ocean is home to more than 10,000 unique species including most of the world’s penguins, whales, seabirds, colossal squid and Antarctic toothfish. As representatives of the 25 Members of ...

This disappointing result comes just days after the release of WWF's Living Planet Report 2018 that warns of the serious state of the planet and the critical need for greater action by governments ...

Last week, 25 governments unanimously agreed to create the world’s largest marine protected area off Antarctica. The new marine protected area, expected to come into force in December 2017, will set ...