Revisions to the draft East Antarctic Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (EARSMPA) Conservation Measure

The attached draft conservation measure establishing the East Antarctic Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (EARSMPA) is a revision of the proposal submitted to CCAMLR XXXIII (CCAMLR XXXIII/23). A draft conservation measure has been under consideration by the Commission since 2012. The latest amendments reflect the changes outlined in the ‘Current Thinking’ paper (CCAMLR XXXIII/BG40), as well as other suggestions made by Members in the intersessional period. The proposal also reflects the advice of the Scientific Committee at SC-CAMLR XXX, SC-CAMLR IM-I and SC-CAMLR XXXII that the proposal is based on the best available science.