The European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, hosted a ministerial meeting on Wednesday 28 April to mobilise the members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in support of the designation of new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean, and specifically in support of the EU’s proposals for the establishment of MPAs, in particular the EU proposals to establish MPAs in East Antarctica and...