CCAMLR: Conserving Antarctic Marine Life
CCAMLR manages Antarctic marine life with an ecosystem-based approach, allowing only sustainable harvesting that accounts for effects on the ecosystem (CCAMLR).
Image: NASA/Jane Peterson (200910220009HQ, Operation IceBridge, Oct. 21, 2009, public domain).
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The treaty body that manages fishing so krill, penguins and whales still have enough.
CCAMLR was set up by international convention in 1982 to conserve Antarctic marine life, in response to growing commercial interest in krill (CCAMLR).
Source: CCAMLR, home page
Explain Like I'm 10
- Krill are tiny animals that whales, seals and penguins eat.
- People also want to catch krill.
- CCAMLR sets rules so there is enough left for nature.
The Five W's of CCAMLR
Who
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
Source: CCAMLR, home page
What
Conservation measures, fisheries management, scientific observers and A community of living things and the place they live, like a reef or a forest, all depending on each other. Glossary monitoring.
Source: CCAMLR, home page
Why
Krill are a keystone of the Antarctic ecosystem, and several Southern Ocean resources had been over-exploited.
Source: CCAMLR, home page
How You Can Help
- Explore the CCAMLR Spatial Data Viewer: maps of Southern Ocean management areas
- Learn about scientific observers: people who collect data at sea
No Donate button here: CCAMLR is an intergovernmental commission and does not take donations. The ways to take part above are real options listed on the organization's own site.
Saving Planets features CCAMLR because its work helps the planet. This is a showcase, not a partnership: we are not partners with CCAMLR and receive nothing from it.
Connected Solutions
- ASOC Campaigning for Southern Ocean protection.
Impact Statement
Intergovernmental solution · since 1982
Harvesting is allowed only if it is sustainable and accounts for the effects of fishing on other parts of the ecosystem (CCAMLR).
Source: CCAMLR, home page
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Antarctic krill are a keystone component of the Antarctic ecosystem (CCAMLR).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
Sustainable harvesting keeps fisheries possible in the long run (CCAMLR).
Source: CCAMLR, home page
For Nature
Its ecosystem monitoring program watches the health of Antarctic marine life (CCAMLR).
Source: CCAMLR, home page
Learn More About CCAMLR
Want to go deeper? CCAMLR explains its conservation measures.
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