date:Aug 02, 2012
fishery. It operates under the guidance of an international agency named Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) which is made up of all countries which have an interest in conserving the marine environment of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean region, he says.
CCAMLR sets very conservative catch limits and has very specific rules for exploratory fisheries such as the Ross Sea toothfish fishery, so there is built-in caution in the system.
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