Abstract:

Since the 1980s, rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has led to the exhaustion of marine living resources in the Southern Ocean. As the most important regional fishery management organization in the Southern Ocean, the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has issued conservation measures for the marine living resources. The measures have had a good effect among contracting parties. However, there is no doubt that the existing inherent limitations in the flag state jurisdiction regulations of international marine law have given rise to uninhibited IUU fishing from vessels associated with non-contracting parties in the Convention area. At this stage, these limitations have been the greatest challenge for managing the Antarctic marine living resources.

Key words: CCAMLR, IUU Fishing, Southern Ocean, Conservation Measures