Nexus and imbroglio: CCAMLR, the Madrid Protocol and designating Antarctic Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
• Main Authors: Cordonnery, L, Hemming, AD, Kriwoken, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Brill - Nijhoff 2015
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Environmental Management; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12341380; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/104924

The paper examines the process and context of international efforts to designateMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean. The relationship betweenthe Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CAMLRConvention) and the Madrid Protocol is examined in relation to legal, political andadministrative norms and practices. A contextual overview of the Antarctic MPA systemis considered, followed by an analysis of the overlapping competencies of CAMLRCommission (CCAMLR) and the Madrid Protocol. The Antarctic MPA debate is placedin a wider international legal context of the management of global oceans space inareas beyond national jurisdiction. We provide an analysis of the politico-legal discourseand point to complicating factors within, and external to, the Antarctic system.The concluding section suggests options for breathing new life into the SouthernOcean MPA discourse.