CCAMLR VME Closure Area 58.5.1

Location

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Key Information

TYPE

Non-MPA

Fisheries Management Area

DESIGNATION

High Seas Management Area

LOCATED IN

USA, EU, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay

High Seas / International

AREA

1,090,187 km²	MARINE AREA
1,090,187 km²	TOTAL AREA ⁱ

MANAGED BY

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Management Website

LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)

Less restrictive ⁱ

At least one species- or gear-specific restriction applies (beyond permit requirements or generally applicable restrictions)

DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Unmodified)

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Last updated on 30 April 2019.

Purpose

To protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), which are generally defined as assemblages of marine benthic organisms which are susceptible to anthropogenic disturbance, especially that arising from the impact of fishing gear used in bottom fishing. In many cases, the slow growth rates and fragility of the species associated with such ecosystems (i.e. VME taxa) make the organisms particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts of bottom fishing.

Species of Concern: Multiple

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

Directed fishing of Dissostichus eleginoides is prohibited in these waters, except for waters adjacent to the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands.
The prohibition shall apply until at least such time that a survey of stock biomass is carried out in the specified area, its results reported to, and analysed by, the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment and a decision that the area be reopened to directed fishing for that taxon is made by the Commission based on the advice of the Scientific Committee.

Allowed

The prohibition shall not apply to the taking of the specified taxa for the purpose of scientific research in accordance with Conservation Measure 24-01.