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WS-VME-09

Workshop on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Location:
La Jolla, Ca., USA
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Submissions Due
Monday, 20 July 2009 - 00:00 Australia/Hobart (Working Group Paper)
Meeting Report:
e-sc-xxviii-a10.pdf (366.01 KB)

Agenda

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1     Opening of meeting
2     Introduction
2.1     Review of VMEs and bottom fishing issues in CCAMLR
2.2     Current and Interim CCAMLR Conservation Measures (CM 22-05, 22-07 & 22-07)
3     Habitats and habitat-forming taxonomic groups that constitute a VME
3.2     Benthic invertebrate taxa consistent with VMEs
3.2.1     VME habitat-forming organisms and features specified in ANNEX 22-06/B
3.2.2     Review of Benthic Invertebrate Classification Guide
3.3     Spatial extent of VMEs
3.1     Life-history attributes and role of VME taxa in the Southern Ocean
3.4     Endemism and rarity of taxa
4     Resistance and resilience to disturbance by bottom fishing
5     Methods for identifying locations of VMEs
5.2     Fish diversity as indicator of VME
5.1     Available and potential data sources
5.1.1     Fishing vessels
5.1.2     Fishery independent research
6     Encounters and indicators of VMEs in the Southern Ocean
6.2     Indicators used by fishing vessels or during research surveys that signal when a VME is encountered
6.1     Taxanomic resolution required to describe VMEs
7     Advice to the Scientific Committee
8     Report adoption and close of Workshop
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5.3     Predicting locations of VMEs in the absence of direct observations