WG-EMM-12

Welcome to participants, overview of facilities, Secretariat’s offices, computer support and Internet access, scheduled breaks, and extracurricular activities.

Amendments to and adoption of the meeting agenda, assignment of working papers to agenda items, appointment of rapporteurs and procedures for producing the report, and review needs for discussions by subgroups and establish such groups as necessary.

Convener's synopsis of issues that have direct relevance to the WG-EMM and which were raised by the Scientific Committee and Commission in 2011 as well as issues that were raised by the other working groups since the last meeting of the WG-EMM.

Review and evaluate reports on past fishing activities including information on the composition of the catch, analyses of catch and effort data, descriptions of the fishery, information on the behaviour of fishing vessels and economics of the fishery. Review and evaluate Krill fishery notifications (CM 21-03).

Reports and information relevant to implementation of the systematic scheme of scientific observation in CM 51-06. Analysis of observer data for future requirements (SC-CAMLR-XXX, Annex 4, paragraph 2.52).

Review relevant information and submissions on krill demography, biology, ecology etc. Review the influence of recruitment variability on the calculation of precautionary yield for krill and new estimates of B₀ for Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2; compute precautionary yield estimates for these divisions if possible. Discussions on the stock structure of krill populations, top-down and bottom-up forcing in the krill-centric ecosystem, observed trends, etc.

Undertake the first two components of work to develop a feedback management strategy for the krill fishery (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraphs 3.33 and 3.34)

1. Development of a list of candidate feedback management approaches, including consideration of any operational implications for the fishery and for monitoring.
2. Identification of an agreed suite of indicators appropriate to candidate feedback management approaches.
    

Discuss CEMP and STAPP in the context of the potential requirements for feedback management.

Discuss the development of an integrated assessment model and related issues in the context of the potential requirements for feedback management.

Discuss development of scientific and survey work conducted from krill fishing vessels, in the context of the potential requirements for feedback management.  Consider advice from SG-ASAM.

Consideration  of material from technical workshops in 2012 for Western Antarctic Peninsula-South Scotia Arc domain (domain 1), the del Cano-Crozet domain (domain 5) and the circumpolar Systematic Conservation Planning effort (SCP) (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraph 5.20).

Collate, summarise, and organise advice, items of interest and concern, requests for information and guidance, etc. that were previously reported under Agenda Items 2 and 3.

Identify and prioritise items for future work, including short- and long-term work items with particular emphasis on suggesting revisions, if necessary, to the previously agreed work plans for the 2013 and 2014 meetings of WG-EMM. Consider work required in 2015.

Consideration of topics not included elsewhere in the Agenda, including issues related to invitation of Observers to working groups, reports from other meetings (e.g. the CEP and IWC) and research efforts (e.g. ICED and SOOS).

As at past meetings of the WG-EMM, rapporteurs will draft sections of the report. These sections will first be reviewed by the co-conveners and parties with strong interest in the topic and then submitted to the Secretariat for formatting, editing, and circulation for reading and mark-up by attendees. Proposed changes to the draft report must be made in consultation with the rapporteurs, who will inform the co-conveners and then provide the appropriate changes to the Secretariat. The report will be interactively adopted in plenary, using a data projector and support from the Secretariat.