Update on the redevelopment of the CCAMLR database

The Secretariat has embarked on a major overhaul of CCAMLR data holdings and associated IT and data infrastructure. This work, which begun in 2013, includes developing an Enterprise Data Model, redeveloping the CCAMLR database, improving data quality assurance, and modernising the data work flow.

The user community can expect to notice significant improvements in data quality, database documentation and ease of use as the new system begins a process of acceptance testing from late 2015. Consequential changes will be required in requested data extracts to reflect the new data model and nomenclature.

This paper provides an update on progress, including work undertaken since WG-SAM-15 and WG-EMM-15.