Progress in developing CCAMLR State of Antarctic Environment (SOAE) reporting

Here we present current progress and next steps in the development of a regular CCAMLR State of Antarctic Environment (SOAE) report. The aim is to provide the Commission, Scientific Committee, and stakeholders with a regular status report in the form of an easily accessible document, summarising environmental conditions and other data relevant to the status of marine living resources in the Convention Area. Discussions at WG-EMM-2025 identified that two types of report should be generated: (i) a technical report (level 1 reporting) for the scientific community, and (ii) a summarised, illustrative version of the technical report for presentation to the Commissioners (level 2 reporting). These reports aim to provide a synthesis of multiple data streams required to facilitate integrated regional understanding of the ecosystem to provide context for management decisions. We welcome input from Members to help define the most important and useful aspects of the SOAE report and recommendations for any additional metrics which could be considered as part of future iterations.