Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 33
33
Accepted
Promote pragmatic, compromise-based approach for interim conservation measures at CCAMLR.
Recommendation
The UK should work to prevent a recurrence of this regulatory stalemate. In recognition of the challenges of achieving unanimity, the Government should promote a pragmatic, compromise-based approach that enables interim conservation measures to be adopted while longer-term agreements are negotiated. This would help safeguard marine ecosystems while maintaining CCAMLR’s credibility. (Recommendation, Paragraph 177)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation and states it is actively working to prevent regulatory stalemate by advocating for improvements to CCAMLR's decision-making process and pragmatic, compromise-based solutions to enable conservation measures.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government accepts this recommendation. 41. The UK is fully committed to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The UK regrets the failure of the Commission to achieve consensus on Conservation Measures that would safeguard Antarctic marine species and protect vulnerable marine ecosystems. The UK engages with CCAMLR Members throughout the intersessional period both at the scientific and policy level. However, there are a broad spectrum of positions and synthesising compromise solutions that achieve CCAMLR’s conservation objective remains challenging. The UK Government recognises the benefits of interim conservation measures while longer-term agreements are negotiated and is preparing a number of interim options for consideration at the annual CCAMLR meeting in October.
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