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    A proposal to improve observer safety: independent two-way satellite communication devices and personal lifesaving beacons

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    Document Number:
    CCAMLR-XXXVII/20
    Author(s):
    Delegation of the USA
    Submitted By:
    Ms Mi Ae Kim (United States of America)
    Approved By:
    Mr Evan T. Bloom (United States of America)
    Agenda Item(s)
    SCIC-18 - 3.4 - Proposals for new and revised conservation measures
    CCAMLR-XXXVII - 7 - CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation
    Abstract

    To improve observer safety, the United States proposes to add a provision to the text of the CCAMLR System of Scientific Observation (SISO) to require that observers be equipped with independent two-way satellite communication devices and personal lifesaving beacons.