The Ross Sea region marine protected area: can it be successfully managed?

At the thirty-fifth meeting of the commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Australia, in 2006, the members adopted the Ross Sea region marine protection area (MPA)1 for a period of thirty-five years commencing 1 December 2017.2 This signaled the end o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jabour, J, Smith, D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Brill-Nijhoff 2018
Subjects:
Ross Sea region marine protected area
CCAMLR
Antarctic
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/27519/
https://brill.com/view/serial/OCYB
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Summary:At the thirty-fifth meeting of the commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Australia, in 2006, the members adopted the Ross Sea region marine protection area (MPA)1 for a period of thirty-five years commencing 1 December 2017.2 This signaled the end of one era in CCAMLR conservation of Southern Ocean marine living resources and regulation over access, and the beginning of another-cementing its application of the concept of conservation by advancing the world's largest MPA.

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