Background and criteria of establishment of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea

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Numéro du document:

WG-EMM-14/23

Auteur(s):

A.F. Petrov, V.A. Bizikov, K.V. Shust and E.F. Uryupova (Russia)

Soumis par:

Doug Cooper (Secrétariat de la CCAMLR)

Point(s) de l'ordre du jour

WG-EMM-14 - 3.1 - Marine protected areas (MPAs)

Résumé

Present work contains considerations and proposals of possible joint research of Russian and German scientists in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. Data on potentially valuable for commercial fishing species in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea collected by German investigators in 1979-1989 are also included, as well as results of Russian longline survey of Antarctic toothfish in 2013-2014 in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea.