CCAMLR-XXV

This paper is presented for the Commission’s consideration and sets out the projected outcome of the budget for 2006, a draft of the 2007 budget and an indicative forecast for the 2008 budget. The presentation is in the format determined by the Commission at its 2002 Meeting.

A proposal is made for the Commission to extend the Executive’s Secretary’s authority to apply to Secretariat visits by representatives of organisations outside CCAMLR.

The NAFO Professional Internship Program is briefly described and it is recommended that the CCAMLR Secretariat be tasked with developing a similar program for CCAMLR.

Information on cooperation between CCAMLR and CITES for the past three years is summarised as background for Commission discussions of a request from the CITES Secretariat to consider submission of a report to CITES CoP14 on "illicit trade in toothfish products".

South Africa is currently proclaiming a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of its sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. The objectives of the MPA are to: (1) contribute to a national and global representative system of MPAs; (2) serve as a scientific reference point to inform future management; (3) contribute to the recovery of the Patagonian toothfish ( Read More
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Existing area-based conservation and management measures available under CCAMLR provide a broad conservation and management framework under which the entire CCAMLR Area could be considered to have a level of protection similar to an IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management) protected area. Category IV areas are defined as “subject to active intervention for management purposes so as to Read More
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This paper reports on the various activities conducted by or involving SCAR that relate directly to CCAMLR or are of potential interest to CCAMLR. This includes a report on the SCAR XXIX Delegates Meeting and Open Science Conference held in Hobart in July 2006, progress with the new Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) and the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) projects. CAML Read More
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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) convened its third international workshop on marine acoustic studies at the University of Cadiz, Spain in January 2006. The purpose of the workshop was to review improvements in knowledge and understanding of the interactions between marine mammals and noise generated by human activities in the Southern Ocean. The workshop revised the Read More
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El presente documento contiene información respecto al trasbordo de un tripulante desde nave de pabellón chileno “Globalpesca I” a otra de pabellón de Togo, en el área de la Convención. El acontecimiento sucedió el 26 de enero del 2006, día en que el tripulante Sr. Juan Carlos Carrillo Valderrama, fue transbordado desde la nave chilena “Globalpesca I” a la nave “Sargo” de pabellón de Togo. Read More
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There is increasing international support for regionally and globally coordinated approaches to port State control in order to avoid the development of “ports of convenience” and improve fisheries compliance. Possible approaches include the development of regional Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), which would be based on minimum standards. The more ambitious goal to promote legally binding, Read More
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