CCAMLR-XXXV COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES REPORT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COMMISSION HOBART, AUSTRALIA 17–28 OCTOBER 2016 CCAMLR PO Box 213 North Hobart 7002 Tasmania AUSTRALIA _______________________ Telephone: 61 3 6210 1111 Facsimile: 61 3 6224 8744 Email:
[email protected] Chair of the Commission Website: www.ccamlr.org November 2016 ________________________________________________________________________________________ This document is produced in the official languages of the Commission: English, French, Russian and Spanish. Abstract This document is the adopted record of the Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held in Hobart, Australia, from 17 to 28 October 2016. Major topics discussed at this meeting include: ongoing efforts to establish a sustainable funding base for the organisation; the status of CCAMLR-managed fisheries; the Report of the Thirty-fifth meeting of CCAMLR’s Scientific Committee; illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Convention Area; CCAMLR fisheries regulatory framework; vulnerable marine ecosystems and bottom fishing; the establishment of a representative system of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Convention Area, including the establishment of the Ross Sea region MPA and special areas for scientific study in newly exposed marine areas in the vicinity of collapsed ice shelves; precautionary management of the krill fishery, including development of a risk assessment framework to assist