This reference library is being developed as part of CCAMLR’s work on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). This work includes:

• Members’ preliminary assessments of the potential for proposed bottom fishing activities to have significant adverse impacts on VMEs (Conservation Measure 22-06)
• the estimation of the spatial footprint of bottom fishing and the extent to which such fishing activities have significant adverse impacts on VMEs
• the development of management strategies for VMEs (e.g. CCAMLR-XXIX, paragraphs 5.1 to 5.7)

The library contains certain CCAMLR meeting papers which have been released in to the public domain with the permissions of the authors. Contributions to this library may be emailed to the Secretariat.

Longline Gear

• Autoline
  • Description of the autoline system WG-FSA-08/60 (670.79 KB)
  • Risk assessment of autoline fishing CCAMLR-XXVII/19, Annex I (771.71 KB)
• Spanish
  • Description of the Spanish system WG-FSA-06/5 (830.06 KB), extract from WG-FSA-11/53 (330.28 KB), Insung No. 3 (1.75 MB)
• Trotline
  • Description of the trotline system WG-FSA-05/26 (168.57 KB), extract from WG-FSA-06/15 (203.51 KB), WG-FSA-11 report, Figure 5 (97.56 KB), Insung No. 3 (1.75 MB)
• Impact on VMEs
  • Impact assessment framework WG-SAM-10/20 (810.97 KB)

Bottom Trawl Gear

• [no documents]

Pot Gear

• [no documents]