2005 News Archive

IPY endorses CAML Proposal

CAML Presentation to COMNAP

CAML Administrator, Professor Michael Stoddart made a presentation to the recent COMNAP meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria (11-15 July 2005).

This presentation provides an excellent overview of CAML and its aims and objectives.

The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) Workshop - Brussels 27 to 30 May

The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) Workshop was held from 27 to 30 May in Brussels brining

The Steering Committee and invited experts

together a group of 27 people from around the world, including the CAML Scientific Steering Committee and invited experts. As a result of the workshop there is now an excellent base of knowledge and network through which to progress the project.

During the Workshop, the draft CAML Science Plan was produced (to be finalised in September, after consultation with the Scientific Steering Committee). The data management side of CAML (SCAR MarBIN) is forging ahead, with every expectation that the Antarctic node of OBIS will be completed within about 12 months.

CAML's link with the Cousteau Society and the parent project Census of Marine Life (CoML), will ensure that the public outreach activities are well-focused.

Professor Michael Stoddart and
Dr Claude De Broyer - joint co-ordinators of the CAML Workshop.

The next challenge for CAML is to secure ship time for the project. CAML Administrator, Professor Michael Stoddart prepared an Information Paper on CAML for the Antarctic Treaty and attended the ATCM meeting in Stockholm, looking for support and ships from the managers of the National Antarctic Programs.

Michael will continue this at the annual meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, in July at Sofia. While in Stockholm, Michael met with Polly Penhale to discuss NSF's potential role in CAML.

For further information on the project, a CAML brochure will be ready for circulation soon. The website www.caml.aq is now live, providing the PowerPoint presentations from Brussels to participants.

The CAML project will be promoted at the SCAR EBA in July at Curitiba, Dynamic Planet in August at Cairns and the CoML all programs meeting in November at Frankfurt. The initial Workshop has generated considerable enthusiasm for coordinated international activities on Antarctic marine life.

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