Overview

This reference library is being re-developed following recommendations from the Commission and Scientific Committee to expand the types and descriptions of gear (including exclusion devices) available on the CCAMLR website (CCAMLR-41, paragraph 4.81, SC-CAMLR-41, paragraph 3.18).

CCAMLR employs a variety of terms and expressions. Many of these are listed below to explain how they are generally applied in the work of CCAMLR¹.

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The Statistical Bulletin is published annually and contains:

• Catch and effort statistics for all fisheries in CCAMLR’s Convention Area
• Catch histories for selected fishery target species
• Trade statistics (landings and exports) of toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides and D. mawsoni)
• Planimetric seabed areas by selected depth intervals in the Convention Area.

Information published in the Statistical Bulletin is available in three formats:

Members of the Commission currently include 25 States and the European Union. The Status of the Convention is maintained by the Depositary, Australia. Contact details for CCAMLR Members are provided below.

Telephone: +61 3 6210 1111

Fax: +61 3 6224 8744

Street and postal address: 181 Macquarie Street, Hobart, 7000, Tasmania, Australia

Email:

SG-ASAM was established by the Scientific Committee as an expert group to examine issues relating to hydroacoustic surveys of Antarctic krill. Each of the meetings of the sub-group have had specific terms of reference from the Scientific Committee as a result of a specific issue where expert evaluation of acoustic techniques has been required.

In 2019 it became a full working group: WG-ASAM (SC-CAMLR-39, paragraph 2.36 and CCAMLR-39, paragraph 5.6).

The current Co-conveners are Dr Sophie Fielding (United Kingdom) and Dr Xinliang Wang (China).

The staff of the Secretariat and a brief overview of their role.

In response to concerns over the decline in albatross populations, and the potential for this to be exacerbated by interactions with CCAMLR fisheries, the Commission undertook initial discussion in 1991 and 1992 and convened a meeting of relevant experts on seabirds and longline fishing in 1993. One of the outcomes of this meeting was the creation of an ad hoc Working Group on Incidental Mortality Arising from Longline Fishing (later to become Incidental Mortality Associated with Fishing (IMAF)).