Nexus and Imbroglio: CCAMLR, the Madrid Protocol and Designating Antarctic Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Cordonnery, L., Hemmings, A. D., Kriwoken, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury. Gateway Antarctica 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ); Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); Southern Ocean; CCAMLR; Madrid Protocol; Field of Research::18 - Law and Legal Studies::1801 - Law::180116 - International Law; Field of Research::18 - Law and Legal Studies::1801 - Law::180111 - Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Fields of Research::41 - Environmental sciences::4104 - Environmental management::410406 - Natural resource management; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/11753

The paper examines the process and context of international efforts to designate MPAs in the Southern Ocean. The relationship between the CAMLR Convention and the Madrid Protocol is examined in relation to legal, political and administrative norms and practices. A contextual overview of the Antarctic marine protected area system is considered followed by overlapping competencies of CCAMLR and the Madrid Protocol. The Antarctic MPA debate is placed in a wider international legal context of the management of global oceans space in areas beyond national jurisdiction. We provide an analysis of the politico-­‐legal discourse and point to complicating factors within, and external to, the Antarctic system. The concluding section suggests options for breathing new life into the Southern Ocean MPA discourse.