CCAMLR Tightens Net on Illegal Fishing
08.11.2006 - Other
The Australian Government has won an important battle against illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) which ended in Hobart at the weekend.
"Member and Party nations agreed to a binding Conservation Measure placing an interim prohibition on deep-sea gill-netting in the CCAMLR Convention Area, stronger port controls and improvements to the Patagonian toothfish Catch Documentation Scheme," Senator Campbell said.
The Commission also agreed to stronger cooperation with nations that are not members of CCAMLR to ensure that fish pirates cannot unload their illegal catches.
