Commission for the Conservation of Antar

Report of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Commission Commission for the Conservation of Antar

This document is the adopted record of the Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held in Hobart, Australia, from 17 to 28 October 2016. Major topics discussed at this meeting include: ongoing efforts to establish a sustainable funding base for the organisation; the status of CCAMLR-managed fisheries; the Report of the Thirty-fifth meeting of CCAMLR's Scientific Committee; illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area; CCAMLR fisheries regulatory framework; vulnerable marine ecosystems and bottom fishing; the establishment of a representative system of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Convention Area, including the establishment of the Ross Sea region MPA and special areas for scientific study in newly exposed marine areas in the vicinity of collapsed ice shelves; precautionary management of the krill fishery, including development of a risk assessment framework to assist in the provision of advice on the spatial distribution of the trigger level; assessment and avoidance of incidental mortality of Antarctic marine living resources; new and exploratory fisheries; the System of Inspection and the Scheme of International Scientific Observation; compliance with conservation measures in force, including the implementation of CCAMLR's Compliance Evaluation Procedure; review of existing conservation measures and adoption of new conservation measures; future work relating to the further development of CCAMLR's Catch Documentation Scheme and the Vessel Monitoring System; management under conditions of uncertainty and cooperation with other international organisations, including within the Antarctic Treaty System and agreement to commission a second performance review. The Reports of the Standing Committee on Implementation and Compliance and the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance are appended.