East Antarctica Planning Domain MPA Planning Reference Document #2: Draft MPA Report Part 2 - Descriptions of the proposed EARSMPA, the four highlighted MPAs and Activities in the Planning Domain

This paper is Part 2 of an update of the draft MPA Report for the East Antarctica Planning Domain presented to WG-EMM in 2014 (WG-EMM-14/48). The draft MPA Report for the East Antarctica Planning Domain submitted to WG-EMM in 2014 was regarded as a suitable synthesis of papers previously submitted and reviewed by the Scientific Committee, Working Groups and workshops since 2010. It has been updated following advice from Members of WG-EMM in 2014.  This updated report is provided in three parts: Part 1 - The planning domain and seven candidate MPAs (WG-EMM-14/48, Sections 1, 2, and 3), Part 2 - Descriptions of the proposed EARSMPA, the four highlighted MPAs and Activities in the Planning Domain (WG-EMM-14/48, Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8), and Part 3 - Research and Monitoring (WG-EMM-14/48, Sections 1 and 9). Parts 1 and 3 are presented in SC-CAMLR-XXXIII/BG/38 and SC-CAMLR-XXXIII/BG/40 respectively.