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Conserving Antarctica from the Bottom Up: Implementing UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Conserving Antarctica from the Bottom Up: Implementing UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 in... Living Resources Conserving Antarctica from the Bottom Up: Implementing UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Keith Reid Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia INTRODUCTION The adverse impacts of bottom fi shing on marine ecosystems is widely recog- nized and is an issue that occurs in domestic fi sheries and, increasingly, in fi sher- ies that operate in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The global concern about the adverse effects of bottom fi sheries has placed the issue on the agenda of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). In turn, many UNICPOLOS recommenda- tions have been endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in a series of resolutions aimed at addressing the impacts of bottom fi shing activi- ties. In particular, UNGA Resolution 61/105 calls upon Regional Fisheries Management Organizations or Arrangements (RFMO/As) to close areas to bot- tom fi sheries until appropriate measures have been put in place to prevent sig- nifi cant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). The UNGA highlighted examples of VMEs being benthic ecosystems associated with 1. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ocean Yearbook Online Brill

Conserving Antarctica from the Bottom Up: Implementing UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Ocean Yearbook Online , Volume 25 (1): 9 – Jan 1, 2011

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10.1163/22116001-92500005
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Living Resources Conserving Antarctica from the Bottom Up: Implementing UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Keith Reid Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia INTRODUCTION The adverse impacts of bottom fi shing on marine ecosystems is widely recog- nized and is an issue that occurs in domestic fi sheries and, increasingly, in fi sher- ies that operate in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The global concern about the adverse effects of bottom fi sheries has placed the issue on the agenda of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). In turn, many UNICPOLOS recommenda- tions have been endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in a series of resolutions aimed at addressing the impacts of bottom fi shing activi- ties. In particular, UNGA Resolution 61/105 calls upon Regional Fisheries Management Organizations or Arrangements (RFMO/As) to close areas to bot- tom fi sheries until appropriate measures have been put in place to prevent sig- nifi cant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). The UNGA highlighted examples of VMEs being benthic ecosystems associated with 1.

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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