4 November 2011: At its annual meeting, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted measures to: fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; create marine protected areas (MPAs); and enhance the management of krill fisheries. Proposals on market-related measures and on port state measures, however, were not adopted.

The meeting took place in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24 October-4 November 2011. CCAMLR made ship identification numbers of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandatory for toothfish vessels licensed to fish in the Convention area. CCAMLR also: extended the transhipment notification system to krill vessels; agreed on a general framework to create MPAs; and established a dedicated CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Programme Fund. [EU Press Release] [Website of CCAMLR]