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Arctic Marine Shipping
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Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
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Arctic Ocean Review Project
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Ecosystem Approach
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Offshore Oil and Gas
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Regional Program of Action
Arctic Marine Shipping
The Arctic Marine shipping Assessment (AMSA) provides policy advice and recommendations on marine safety and marine environmental protection as it related to shipping in the Arctic marine environment. Learn more about this circumpolar shipping assessment. Read more
Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
The AMSP considers innovative approaches to integrated oceans management Council as a means to support effective governance for the Arctic marine environment through cooperative, coordinated and integrated approaches.
Learn more about AMSP.
Arctic Ocean Review Project
The AOR project is led by Canada, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the United States and was agreed by the Arctic Council at its 2009 Ministerial Meeting, as a follow up to the 2004 Arctic Marine Strategic Plan.
Ecosystem Approach
Increasing human activity in the Arctic Ocean and activities in new areas pose challenges to its health and warrants an ecosystem approach to integrated ocean management to maximize environmental protection and sustainable use of the marine environment.
Learn more about the Ecosystem Approach.
Offshore Oil and Gas
The Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines are intended to be of use to the Arctic nations for offshore oil and gas activities during planning, exploration, development, production and decommissioning. Learn more about these Guidelines and other relevent oil and gas activities.
Learn more about Offshore oil and gas.
Regional Program of Action
The RPA is a dynamic programme of action that uses a step-wise approach for its development and implementation and is the regional extension of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA).
Learn more about RPA.
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Deliverables to the Arctic Council
Ministerial, May 15, Kiruna Sweden
PAME 2013-2015 Work Plan
PAME Summary of Activities 2011-2013
AOR Executive Summary & Recommendations
AMSA Progress Report
LME Revision of the Arctic Map
HSE Workshop Report
Safety Culture Workshop Report
About PAME
The Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (PAME) is one of six Arctic Council working groups. PAME was first established under the 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and was continued by the 1996 Ottawa Charter that established the Arctic Council.
PAME is the focal point of the Arctic Council's activities related to the protection and sustainable use of the arctic marine environment.
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.
Clik here for Record of Decisions (RoD's) from PAME I-2013 in Rovaniemi, Finland (12-14 Februar 2013).
Workshops in Reykjavík in June
Three AC Workshops from 10th and 14th of June:
10-11 June (2 days) – 3rd Ecosystem Approach to Management workshop. The overall aim of this workshop is to discuss data management, availability, integration, and communications as essential to implement the ecosystem approach to management, taking into account outcomes of the Ministerial meeting and EA-relevant activities on respective work plans.
12-13 June (1 ½ day, ending at noon on the 13 June) – AMSA II(C)/AMSA II(D)-PSSA bridging workshop with the aim to assist in the scope of the AMSA II(D) project, The purpose of this workshop is to explore the sensitivity and ecological importance in more detail and with more resolution, in relation to potential threats and measures with regard to shipping.
13-14 June (1 ½ day starting at noon on the 13 June) – 1st Scoping workshop for the revision of the 2004 Arctic Marine Strategic Plan with the aim to get input from other Arctic Council working groups and stakeholders as relevant and based on the main outcomes and relevant documents deliverd to the 2013 Kiruna Ministerial meeting.
Arctic Ocean Review Final Report
Arctic Ocean Review Final Report is in its final stages. The report is being prepared for printing and will be published soon, however the final text is ready and was delivered to the 2013 Ministerial in Kiruna, Sweden.
This AOR Final Report provides an analysis of some of the key existing instruments relevant to the Arctic marine area. It also identifies a variety of opportunities for further cooperative actions and provides recommendations for consideration by the Arctic Council Ministers.
Preliminary release can be downloaded here
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