CCAMLR Convention Area

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The CCAMLR Convention Area is a designated region of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica where international measures are applied to conserve marine living resources and manage fisheries sustainably.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Antarctic fisheries 1
CCAMLR Area 1
CCAMLR Convention Area canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fisheries management area
marine conservation area
region of the Southern Ocean
appliesTo Antarctic fisheries
marine living resources
boundedBy Antarctica
surface form: Antarctic continent
conservationTarget Antarctic krill
penguins
seabirds
seals
toothfish
whales
containsFishery Antarctic krill fishery
icefish fishery
toothfish fishery
enteredIntoForce 1982
governedBy Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
hasFeature international cooperative management
large-scale marine ecosystem coverage
science-based decision-making
hasManagementTool area closures
bycatch mitigation measures
catch limits
marine protected areas
scientific observer programs
includes Antarctic marine ecosystems
exclusive economic zones of some Antarctic coastal states
high seas areas of the Southern Ocean
legalBasis Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
locatedIn Antarctic Treaty area
surface form: Antarctic region

Southern Hemisphere
managementApproach ecosystem approach to fisheries
precautionary principle
monitoredBy Scientific Committee on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
surface form: CCAMLR Scientific Committee
namedAfter Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
overlapsWith Antarctic Treaty area
surface form: Antarctic Treaty Area
partOf Southern Ocean
purpose conservation of Antarctic marine living resources
ecosystem-based management
sustainable management of fisheries
regulatedBy CCAMLR conservation measures
relatedTo Antarctic Treaty
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
shortName CCAMLR Convention Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: CCAMLR Area
subjectTo Antarctic Treaty System
international law

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Referenced by (4)

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Scientific Committee on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources mainSubject CCAMLR Convention Area
this entity surface form: Antarctic fisheries
CCAMLR Convention Area shortName CCAMLR Convention Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CCAMLR Area
Ross Sea Marine Protected Area partOf CCAMLR Convention Area
this entity surface form: CCAMLR MPA network