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E. Organizational structure The key institutional components of CCAMLR are: The CAMLR Convention which entered into force on 7 April 1982 The Commission – The decision-making body, and which is advised by SCIC, SCAF and the Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee which provides the best available scientific information on harvesting levels and other management issues to the Commission. The Committee has established a number of working groups that meet during the year and assist in formulating scientific advice on key areas Conservation measures and resolutions – CCAMLR implements a comprehensive set of measures in order to support the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and the management of fisheries in the Southern Ocean CCAMLR's Contracting Parties, Membership and provisions for international cooperation and collaboration A Secretariat that supports the work of the Commission. The Secretariat is headquartered in Hobart, Australia. Headed by the Executive Secretary, the secretariat has a staff complement of 26 and is tasked with supporting the work of the Commission and the Scientific Committee. F. The role of CCAMLR CCAMLR’s function is to give effect to the objective and principles set out in Article II of the Convention. It does this in a number of ways, including: formulating, adopting and revising conservation measures on the basis of the best scientific evidence available, facilitating research into Antarctic marine living resources and the Antarctic marine ecosystem, compiling, analysing and publishing data on the status and changes of Antarctic marine living resources and on the factors affecting the distribution, abundance and productivity of harvested species and dependent, or related, species or populations, gathering, analysing and publishing catch and effort statistics on harvested populations, identifying conservation needs and analysing the effectiveness of conservation measures, implementing the Scheme of International Scientific Observation and System of Inspection established under the Convention, and monitoring compliance with the conservation measures to ensure that fishing is conducted in a sustainable manner, to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Convention Area and maintain strong market controls to prevent trade in IUU fish. G. Partnerships CCAMLR has established collaboration with a number of other governmental and non-governmental organisations and private sectors. These are The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), the Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies (ARK), the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), INTERPOL, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Oceanites Inc., the Secretariat of the Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices Including Combating IUU Fishing in South East Asia (RPOA-IUU), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO), the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). H. Key achievements CCAMLR has developed a number of important initiatives since 1982: an internationally recognised best-practice at-sea scientific observer program an international inspection system management decisions that consider the impacts on ecosystems and the conservation of marine resources rigorous scientific processes robust monitoring, control and surveillance and market control measures. Specific achievements include:
I. Interesting facts The Convention Area represents around 10 percent of the Earth’s oceans and has a surface area of 35 716 100 km2. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), is the world's only global current, flowing eastwards around Antarctica in a closed circulation with its flow unimpeded by continents. The ACC is today the largest ocean current, and the major means of exchange of water between oceans. The world's largest high seas marine protected area (MPA) to date is in Antarctica's Ross Sea, safeguarding one of the last unspoiled ocean wilderness areas on the planet. An estimated 500 million tonnes of krill live in the Southern Ocean. In 2023 the catch of krill in the South Atlantic was 420 000 t, well within the 620 000 t catch limit implemented by CCAMLR and less than 1% of the biomass estimated from surveys in the South Atlantic of 60 million tonnes. Antarctica is home to about 70 percent of the planet's fresh water, and 90 percent of the planet's freshwater ice. Website: https://www.ccamlr.org Database(s): https://www.ccamlr.org/en/publications/statistical-bulletin Contact us Email: ccamlr@ccamlr.org Telephone: +61 3 6210 1111 |
