This document presents the adopted report of the Second Special Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held in Bremerhaven, Germany, on 15 and 16 July 2013. The purpose of the meeting was to consider marine protected area (MPA) issues and to make decisions, if possible, on the joint New Zealand and United States of America MPA proposal for the Ross Sea Region and the joint Australia, France and European Union MPA proposal for the East Antarctic. The Commission considered the advice provided by the First Intersessional Meeting of the Scientific Committee, which convened immediately prior to the Commission.