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Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCAMLR
Convention on the Conservation of Antractic Marine Living Resources
181 Macquarie Street, Hobart, 7000, Tasmania, Australia
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International
International commission
1982
Activity
Protection of marine life, Antarctica
Description
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is an international treaty to manage Antarctic fisheries with the goal of preserving species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem. It was sent up in response to increasing commercial interest in Antarctic krill resources, a keystone component of the Antarctic ecosystem and a history of over-exploitation of several other marine resources in the Southern Ocean.
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