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30 - Fishery Regulations
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33 - By-catch limits
40 - Finfish Fisheries
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50 - Crustacean Fisheries
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60 - Mollusc Fisheries
61 - Squid
91 - Protected Areas
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Conservation Measures
10 - Compliance
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 10-01
Marking of fishing vessels and fishing gear
All Areas
All Species
2014 -
Conservation Measure 10-02
Licensing and inspection obligations of Contracting Parties with regard to their flag vessels operating in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 10-03
Port inspections of fishing vessels carrying Antarctic marine living resources
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 10-04
Automated satellite-linked Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS)
All Areas
All Species
2018 -
Conservation Measure 10-05
Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2021 -
Conservation Measure 10-06
Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 10-07
Scheme to promote compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with CCAMLR conservation measures
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 10-08
Scheme to promote compliance by Contracting Party nationals with CCAMLR conservation measures
All Areas
All Species
2017 -
Conservation Measure 10-09
Notification system for transhipments within the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 10-10
CCAMLR Compliance Evaluation Procedure
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
20 - General Fishery Matters
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
21 - Notifications
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 21-01
Notification that Members are considering initiating a new fishery
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 21-02
Exploratory fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 21-03
Notifications of intent to participate in a fishery for Euphausia superba
All Areas
Euphausia superba
2019 -
22 - Gear regulations
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 22-01
Regulation on mesh size measurement
All Areas
All Species
1986 -
Conservation Measure 22-02
Mesh size
All Areas
Dissostichus eleginoides, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, Notothenia rossii, Gobionotothen gibberifrons
1984 -
Conservation Measure 22-03
Mesh size for Champsocephalus gunnari
All Areas
Champsocephalus gunnari
1990 -
Conservation Measure 22-04
Interim prohibition of deep-sea gillnetting
All Areas
All Species
2010 -
Conservation Measure 22-05
Restrictions on the use of bottom trawling gear in high-seas areas of the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2008 -
Conservation Measure 22-06
Bottom fishing in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 22-07
Interim measure for bottom fishing activities subject to Conservation Measure 22-06 encountering potential vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2013 -
Conservation Measure 22-08
Prohibition on fishing for Dissostichus spp. in depths shallower than 550 m in exploratory fisheries
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2009 -
Conservation Measure 22-09
Protection of registered vulnerable marine ecosystems in subareas, divisions, small-scale research units, or management areas open to bottom fishing
All Areas
All Species
2012 -
23 - Data reporting
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 23-01
Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 23-02
Ten-day Catch and Effort Reporting System
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 23-03
Monthly Catch and Effort Reporting System
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 23-04
Monthly Fine-Scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System for Trawl, Longline and Pot Fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
Conservation Measure 23-05
Monthly Fine-Scale Biological Data Reporting System for Trawl, Longline and Pot Fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2000 -
Conservation Measure 23-06
Data Reporting System for Euphausia superba fisheries
All Areas
Euphausia superba
2019 -
Conservation Measure 23-07
Daily Catch and Effort Reporting System for Exploratory Fisheries, with the exception of exploratory krill fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2016 -
24 - Research and experiments
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 24-01
The application of conservation measures to scientific research
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
Conservation Measure 24-02
Longline weighting for seabird conservation
All Areas
All Species
2014 -
Conservation Measure 24-04
Establishing time-limited Special Areas for Scientific Study in newly exposed marine areas following ice-shelf retreat or collapse in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.5 and 88.3
Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.5, Subarea 88.3
All Species
2017 -
Conservation Measure 24-05
Fishing for research purposes pursuant to Conservation Measure 24-01
All Areas
All Species
2021 -
25 - Minimisation of incidental mortality
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 25-02
Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of longline fishing or longline fishing research in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2018 -
Conservation Measure 25-03
Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds and marine mammals in the course of trawl fishing in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2021 -
26 - Environmental protection
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 26-01
General environmental protection during fishing
All Areas
All Species
2019 -
30 - Fishery Regulations
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
31 - General measures
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 31-01
Regulation of fishing around South Georgia (Statistical Subarea 48.3)
Subarea 48.3
All Species
1986 -
Conservation Measure 31-02
General measure for the closure of all fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2007 -
32 - Fishing seasons, closed areas and prohibition of fishing
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 32-01
Fishing seasons
All Areas
All Species
2001 -
Conservation Measure 32-02
Prohibition of directed fishing
Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.2, Subarea 48.3, Subarea 58.6, Subarea 58.7, Subarea 88.2, Subarea 88.3, Division 58.4.4a, Division 58.4.4b, Division 58.5.1, Division 58.5.2
All Species
2017 -
Conservation Measure 32-09
Prohibition of directed fishing for Dissostichus spp. except in accordance with specific conservation measures in the 2021/22 season
Subarea 48.5
Dissostichus spp.
2021 -
Conservation Measure 32-18
Conservation of sharks
All Areas
All Species
2006 -
33 - By-catch limits
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 33-01
Limitation of the By-Catch of Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Notothenia rossii and Lepidonotothen squamifrons in Statistical Subarea 48.3
Subarea 48.3
Chaenocephalus aceratus, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, Notothenia rossii, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Gobionotothen gibberifrons
1995 -
Conservation Measure 33-02
Limitation of by-catch in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2021/22 season
Division 58.5.2
All Species
2021 -
Conservation Measure 33-03
Limitation of by-catch in new and exploratory fisheries in the 2021/22 season
All Areas
All Species
2021 -
40 - Finfish Fisheries
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
41 - Toothfish
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 41-01
General measures for exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in the Convention Area in the 2021/22 season
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-03
Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Statistical Subarea 48.4 in the 2021/22 season
Subarea 48.4
Dissostichus spp.
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-04
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in the 2021/22 season
Subarea 48.6
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-05
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Division 58.4.2 in the 2021/22 season
Division 58.4.2
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-06
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides on Elan Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3a) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2021/22 season
Division 58.4.3a
Dissostichus eleginoides
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-07
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni on BANZARE Bank (Statistical Division 58.4.3b) outside areas of national jurisdiction in the 2021/22 season
Division 58.4.3b
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-08
Limits on the fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons
Division 58.5.2
Dissostichus eleginoides
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-09
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 88.1 in the 2021/22 season
Subarea 88.1
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-10
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Subarea 88.2 in the 2021/22 season
Subarea 88.2
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
Conservation Measure 41-11
Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus mawsoni in Statistical Division 58.4.1 in the 2021/22 season
Division 58.4.1
Dissostichus mawsoni
2021 -
42 - Icefish
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 42-01
Limits on the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons
Subarea 48.3
Champsocephalus gunnari
2021 -
Conservation Measure 42-02
Limits on the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical Division 58.5.2 in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons
Division 58.5.2
Champsocephalus gunnari
2021 -
43 - Other finfish
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
50 - Crustacean Fisheries
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
51 - Krill
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 51-01
Precautionary catch limitations on Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4
Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.2, Subarea 48.3, Subarea 48.4
Euphausia superba
2010 -
Conservation Measure 51-02
Precautionary Catch Limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.1
Division 58.4.1
Euphausia superba
2008 -
Conservation Measure 51-03
Precautionary Catch Limitation on Euphausia superba in Statistical Division 58.4.2
Division 58.4.2
Euphausia superba
2008 -
Conservation Measure 51-04
General measure for exploratory fisheries for Euphausia superba in the Convention Area in the 2021/22 season
All Areas
Euphausia superba
2021 -
Conservation Measure 51-06
General measure for scientific observation in fisheries for Euphausia superba
All Areas
Euphausia superba
2019 -
Conservation Measure 51-07
Interim distribution of the trigger level in the fishery for Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4
Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.2, Subarea 48.3, Subarea 48.4
Euphausia superba
2021 -
52 - Crab
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
60 - Mollusc Fisheries
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
61 - Squid
No measures in force for the 2021/22 season
91 - Protected Areas
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Conservation Measure 91-01
Procedure for According Protection to CEMP Sites
All Areas
All Species
2004 -
Conservation Measure 91-02
Protection of the values of Antarctic Specially Managed and Protected Areas
All Areas
All Species
2012 -
Conservation Measure 91-03
Protection of the South Orkney Islands southern shelf
Subarea 48.2
All Species
2009 -
Conservation Measure 91-04
General framework for the establishment of CCAMLR Marine Protected Areas
All Areas
All Species
2011 -
Conservation Measure 91-05
Ross Sea region marine protected area
Subarea 88.1, SSRU 88.2 A, SSRU 88.2 B
All Species
2016 -
Resolutions
Reference Number
Title
Areas
Species
Period in Force
Resolution 10/XII
Resolution on harvesting of stocks occurring both within and outside the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
1993 -
Resolution 14/XIX
Catch Documentation Scheme: implementation by Acceding States and non-Contracting Parties
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2000 -
Resolution 15/XXII
Use of ports not implementing the Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp.
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2003 -
Resolution 16/XIX
Application of VMS in the Catch Documentation Scheme
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2000 -
Resolution 17/XX
Use of VMS and other measures for the verification of CDS catch data for areas outside the Convention Area, in particular, in FAO Statistical Area 51
All Areas
Dissostichus spp.
2001 -
Resolution 18/XXI
Harvesting of Dissostichus eleginoides in areas outside of Coastal State jurisdiction adjacent to the CCAMLR Area in FAO Statistical Areas 51 and 57
All Areas
Dissostichus eleginoides
2002 -
Resolution 19/XXI
Flags of non-compliance*
All Areas
All Species
2002 -
Resolution 20/XXII
Ice-strengthening standards in high-latitude fisheries
All Areas
All Species
2003 -
Resolution 22/XXV
International actions to reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds arising from fishing
All Areas
All Species
2006 -
Resolution 23/XXIII
Safety on board vessels fishing in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2004 -
Resolution 25/XXV
Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area by the flag vessels of non-Contracting Parties
All Areas
All Species
2006 -
Resolution 27/XXVII
Use of a specific tariff classification for Antarctic krill
All Areas
Euphausia superba
2008 -
Resolution 28/XXVII
Ballast water exchange in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2008 -
Resolution 29/XXVIII
Ratification of the Salvage Convention by Members of CCAMLR
All Areas
All Species
2009 -
Resolution 30/XXVIII
Climate change
All Areas
All Species
2009 -
Resolution 31/XXVIII
Best available science
All Areas
All Species
2009 -
Resolution 32/XXIX
Prevention, deterrence and elimination of IUU fishing in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2010 -
Resolution 33/XXX
Provision of flag vessel information to Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres
All Areas
All Species
2011 -
Resolution 34/XXXI
Enhancing the safety of fishing vessels in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
2012 -
Resolution 35/XXXIV
Vessels without nationality
All Areas
All Species
2015 -
Resolution 7/IX
Driftnet fishing in the Convention Area
All Areas
All Species
1990 -
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