Brussels, 09/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - At the end of last week, the European Commission welcomed the outcome of the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which took place in Australia and which made important strides, particularly on protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems.
CCAMLR agreed to set up a Marine Protected Area near the South Orkney Islands. This is the first time that an organisation dealing with conservation of...