PAME is the focal point of the Arctic Council’s activities related to the protection and sustainable use of the Arctic marine environment and provides a unique forum for collaboration on a wide range of activities in this regard.
PAME carries out activities as set out in bi-annual work plans approved by the Arctic Council on the recommendation of the Senior Arctic Officials. These activities led by PAME include circumpolar and regional action programmes and guidelines complementing existing legal arrangements aimed at protection of the Arctic marine environment from both land and sea-based activities. PAME works in close collaboration with the other five Arctic Council Working Groups.
The PAME Working Group generally meets twice per year. Each meeting produces Records of Decisions (RoD's) which form the basis for the meeting reports The RoD's are decisions taken by PAME by consensus.
Participation between meetings varies, but each Arctic Council Member State nominates experts for the meetings, which are also open to the Permanent Participants, Observers in addition to experts invited by PAME.
Ministerial deliverables are documents which PAME produced for each Ministerial Meetings. The Arctic Council Ministers can either approved, welcome or note the deliverables.
Deliverables are generally the main documents associated with each PAME project.
The reports to the Senior Arctic Officials are generally short and concise overviews of the PAME working group proceeedings between SAO meetings. They give an update and overview on ongoing projects. SAO meetings are held regularly but progress reports are generally released once or twice per year.
The purpose of the PAME Work Plan is to provide a framework for PAME´s work related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment for every two year working period.
The PAME Work Plan includes information on all ongoing PAME projects and gives insight into activities ongoing at the given time.
PAME activities are guided by the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan and biennial Work Plans, which are developed by the PAME Working Group for approval by the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials.
The AMSP articulates how the Arctic Council can increase its understanding of the impacts of human activities, climate change and ocean acidification.
The AMSP recognizes the importance of acquiring a better understanding of Arctic change so that actions can be taken that allow Arctic inhabitants, including Arctic indigenous peoples to further adapt to the change.
The strategic actions identified in the AMSP will guide the work of the Arctic Council and its subsidiary bodies in the coming decade.
The PAME 2021-2023 Work Plan was developed in accordance with: PAME’s mandate; priorities identified and recommendations made within Arctic Council approved reports; direction provided from Ministerial declarations; follow-ups on recommendations from Arctic Council projects and the AMSP (2015-2025), which outlines the overall direction of the Arctic Council for the protection of the Arctic marine environment; and policy follow-up on the scientific and other relevant assessments of the Arctic Council. Additional project proposals may be developed within the scope of this WP between 2021-2023, subject to PAME approval, confirmed lead/co-lead commitment and financing.
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PAME Projects and activities in the 2021-2023 Work Plan
Arctic Marine Shipping (12 activities)
Arctic Shipping Status Reports (ASSR)
New Low Sulphur Fuels, Fate, and Behavior in Cold Water Conditions
Underwater Noise in the Arctic: Understanding Impacts and Defining Management Solutions - Phase II
Collaboration with the Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC)
Systematically Strengthening Observer Engagement in PAME’s Shipping Work
Arctic Ship Traffic Data (ASTD) System
The Arctic Shipping Best Practice Information Forum
Interpretation of the Polar Code
Wastewater Discharges from Vessels in the Arctic - A Survey of Current Practices
Arctic Port Reception Facilities Inventory
Arctic Arrangement for Regional Reception Facilities
Raising awareness in the Arctic Council of the provisions of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for the safety of fishing vessels
Marine Invasive Alien Species in Arctic Waters (joint PAME-CAFF Project)
Marine Litter in the Arctic (4 activities)
Develop an Implementation Plan for the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter in the Arctic (ML-RAP)
Arctic Coastal Cleanup
Fishing Practice & Gear Inventory: Enhancing Understanding of Abandoned Lost or otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG)
Marine Litter Communication and Outreach Activities
Marine Protected Areas (6 activities)
Continue the project on Modelling Arctic Oceanographic Connectivity, with the inclusion of the Central Arctic Ocean, to further develop PAME’s Marine Protected Areas Toolbox
Different Ways of Knowing: Applying Indigenous and Local Knowledge and Scientific Information to Arctic Conservation Planning
Develop additional Information Briefs on the Arctic marine environment under change
Revisiting the Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of MPAs (2015) for potential updates
Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM) in the Arctic Marine Environment (joint PAME-CAFF Project)
Expansion and refinement of the MPA-Network Toolbox
Ecosystem Approach to Management (7 activities)
7th EA Workshop on values and valuation of the cultural, social and economic goods and services produced by the ecosystems
Third International Science and Policy Conference on Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Arctic
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) of the Central Arctic Ocean (WGICA)
Revise the Ecosystem Approach Framework (EA) and develop a tool for following EA implementation in the Arctic LMEs
Report on development in defining or setting Ecological objectives
Synthesis Report on Ecosystem Status, Human Impact and Management Measures in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO)
Concept paper on further cooperation under the Arctic Council on Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM/EA) of Arctic marine ecosystems
Resource Exploration and Development (4 activities)
Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Marine Activities (MEMA): Outreach and Next Steps
Management of Arctic Marine Oil and Gas Associated Noise
Update the Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Resource (AOOGRR)
Existing Waste Management Practices and Pollution Control for Marine and Coastal Mining
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PREVIOUS PAME WORK PLANS
2019-2021
2017-2019
2015-2017
2013-2015
2011-2013
2009-2011
2006-2008
2004-2006
2002-2004
2000-2002
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