Tag: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

• Friday, May 2nd 2014 - 08:51 UTC

  South Georgia re-adjusts license conditions to reduce sea birds by-catches

  

  One of the most significant seabird by-catches in over a decade occurred in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) Marine Zone last week, by the Chilean longliner Antarctic Bay.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 12:07 UTC

  Russia, Ukraine, China block plans in CCAMLR to create Antarctica marine reserves

  

  Russia, Ukraine and China are being blamed for a failure of plans to protect almost 3 million square kilometers of ocean in Antarctica. After two weeks of discussions behind closed doors, the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has failed to come to an agreement on new marine reserves.

• Saturday, May 15th 2010 - 13:56 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty Governments Progress on Climate Change and Marine Protected

  

  Punta del Este, Uruguay. Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition welcomed steps at the 33rd Antarctic Treaty meeting to make climate change a major item on the agenda, and to keep momentum going on a network of Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean.