Kochi will host the international working group meetings of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

The sessions of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources' international working groups will take place in Kochi. The Kochi round of discussions will be attended by around 60 scientists from 20 countries which is being held at the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, from June 26. The sessions will conclude on July 14, said a communication issued by G.V.M. Gupta, director of CMLRE.

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) will have its working group meetings on statistics, evaluations, and models as well as ecosystem monitoring and management in India in 2023. There are 27 member nations in CCAMLR, an intergovernmental organisation created in 1982 to safeguard Antarctic marine life, and an additional 10 nations have ratified the agreement.

According to the notification, the delegates will undertake talks on the preservation strategies and long-term viability of the Antarctic marine biological resources.