SC-CAMLR-XXXVII

The Secretariat’s existing Strategic Plan runs from 2015 to 2018. A new strategic plan for 2019–2022 is presented, and details two types of tasks: thematic tasks, which seek to deliver specific objectives within the four years of the plan, and will involve contributions from all departments; and departmental tasks, which will largely be delivered by individual departments according to their Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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CCAMLR has Arrangements with five other organisations. Two Arrangements (Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) and South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)) expire after CCAMLR-XXXVII. Activity under these arrangements has generally been restricted to exchange of reports and invitation to meetings. The Secretariat proposes that this be Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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At CCAMLR-XXXVI, the Commission decided (paragraph 9.34) that, in relation to future work to provide appropriate opportunities for the Commission and Scientific Committee to further consider the PR2 recommendations, it requested:

(i)    the PR2 Report be placed in the public domain on the CCAMLR website with the understanding that the PR2 Report was received as the work of the Panel and Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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For CCAMLR Commission and Scientific Committee meetings, Roman numerals are used to identify the meetings and all meeting documents. This creates administrative complexity and can cause confusion for readers. The Secretariat proposes that CCAMLR retain the reference to meeting number in all reports and documents, as at present, but replace the roman numerals with Arabic numbers. It also Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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The Secretariat proposes to develop an up-to-date, accurate, well-presented brochure describing the work of CCAMLR that is accessible for the general public. It would include relevant images and infographics to make the resource visually accessible. The proposal is to develop this brochure and consult on it through an e-group in the 2018/19 intersessional period.

In 2017 SCAF directed the Secretariat to undertake a review of its Strategic Plan and its Staffing and Salary Strategy. Internal and external feedback received during the review supports a need to increase the proportion of IP positions at the Secretariat, and to strengthen the Secretariat’s Data Management, Fisheries Management, Scientific functions and Human Resources support to service Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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Since 2002, CCAMLR has been working on the development of a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) with the aim of conserving marine biodiversity in the Convention Area. Consistent with this goal and taking into account the singularities of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and South Scotia Arc region, the delegations of Argentina and Chile propose the establishment of an MPA in the Read More
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Mr Tomás Moller Poulsen (Argentina)

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Mr Máximo Gowland (Argentina)

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Detailed responses to the consultation feedback are presented. The Secretariat proposes to make a number of changes to its existing practices, particularly around providing information to Members and providing transparency on data acquisition systems and the algorithms it uses for data validation and preparation. The Secretariat also proposes to strengthen its staffing support for Data Read More
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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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CCAMLR Members have acknowledged that climate change poses a major threat to Southern Ocean ecosystems but have yet to adopt a comprehensive approach to responding to climate change in the Convention Area. In this paper, ASOC highlights two major scientific articles that were published this year in which scientists propose scenarios for the future of Antarctica and the planet in a changing Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has been granted observer status at the thirty-seventh meetings of the Commission and Scientific Committee. IAATO is a membership organization founded in 1991 to advocate and promote the practice of safe, environmentally responsible private-sector Antarctic travel. It now comprises over 100 member companies, representing the Read More
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Ms Amanda Lynnes

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Ms Amanda Lynnes

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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) first committed to adopting a representative network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in 2009. This paper summarises CCAMLR's progress in fulfilling this commitment to date. Following recent progress with adoption and entry into force of the Ross Sea MPA, ASOC calls on CCAMLR to make swift progress towards Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Paragraph 3.81 of the report of the CCAMLR Spatial Management Workshop in 2018 recommended that the Scientific Committee consider the creation of an expert group to continue the development of MPAs in Planning Domains 5 and 6, using the model established for the D1MPA. It noted that not everyone involved in the proposed work was directly involved in the CCAMLR community and requested that Read More
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Dr Azwianewi Makhado (South Africa)

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Mr Johan de Goede (South Africa)

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This paper aims to advance the dialogue about the development of a revised Research and Monitoring Plan (RMP) for the South Orkney Islands southern shelf (SOI SS) MPA in order to further the harmonisation of CM 91-03 and CM 91-04, whilst recognising and aiming to contribute to the wider context of the MPA planning processes in Domain 1, and as appropriate, Domain 3. The proposed framework sets Read More
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Professor Philippe Koubbi (France)

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Professor Philippe Koubbi (France)

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We consider how to advance the development of the concept of an experimental approach to management for the Antarctic krill fishery. We therefore propose a geographic identity matrix and a suitability decision matrix which could help underpin progress towards future implementation. We welcome comments and suggestions to help improve both matrices and their implementation. We also highlight Read More
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Professor Philip Trathan (Oceanites)

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Ms Kylie Bamford (United Kingdom)

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A Research and Monitoring Plan for the Ross Sea region MPA (RSRMPA) has been endorsed by the Scientific Committee (SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/20). The Plan identifies research questions that aim to facilitate assessment of the degree to which the RSRMPA achieves its objectives. The Plan also identifies a set of indicators that, when observed or quantified, provide baseline data for key species and Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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This document presents a revised survey design and spatial extent of the planned International synoptic krill survey in Area 48 during 2019, based on the recommendations provided by the EMM working group under evaluation of WG-EMM-18/12.

This paper discusses long-term changes in the length composition of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) taken in longline catches in waters around South Georgia in the context of fishery management.

Information is presented on a Workshop for Training Russian Scientific Observers and Inspectors to work in fisheries in the CCAMLR Convention Area held at the AtlantNIRO Institute in Kaliningrad (20–24 August 2018).

Methodical aspects of a large-scale international survey in 2019 are discussed in the context of stated objectives. The main sources of uncertainty in the results of the 2019 survey are shown.

Establishing MPAs for spatial management in the Convention Area requires the preliminary development of a unified approach and unified criteria supported with adequate scientific information and should be enshrined in CCAMLR conservation measures. Relevant proposals are discussed herein.

The Ross Sea region MPA Research and Monitoring Plan in its current form requires serious revision, refinement and further discussion by the Scientific Committee and its working groups (WG-SAM, WG-FSA) ahead of its discussion by the Commission.Comments and proposals are presented regarding the revision and improvement of the research and monitoring plan.

This paper reviews the procedure established by the Secretariat to monitor catch and effort in the context of results from the 2017/18 fishing season.

Taking into account results of the WS-DmPH Workshop (Berlin, 2018), proposals are being considered to obtain data for the development of a science-based hypothesis on Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) life cycle and stock in Area 48.

At last year’s meeting the Scientific Committee requested that SCAR consider the establishment of a krill expert group to bring together those scientists working on krill and to have a linkage to CCAMLR. Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer (Germany), on behalf of the Scientific Committee, was tasked to initiate the SCAR Krill Action Group (SKAG) (SC-CAMLR IIIVI Paragraphs 10.9- 10.11).

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Professor Bettina Meyer (Germany)

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Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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We invite all Members and Observers to participate in a Workshop on Krill-fishery Management for Subareas 48.1 and 48.2. The overarching objective of this workshop will be to explore how management strategies for the krill fishery can be integrated and harmonized. Such strategies include, but are not limited to, feedback management and the use of research zones within the proposed D1MPA, and Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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This paper presents  catches from directed fishing on toothfish, icefish and krill in the Convention Area in 2016/17 and 2017/18, including catches taken during scientific surveys conducted in accordance with Conservation Measure 24-01. Monthly catch totals for 2017/18,   based on data reported to 3020 September 2018,  are presented with dates of closures of fisheries implemented by the Read More
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Mr Tim Jones (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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The document contains information about two marine scientific research expeditions (PS 117 and PS 118) with the German RV Polarstern, which have some relevance for CCAMLR and which are planned to be carried out in the wider Weddell Sea area south of 60° S in the 2018/19 Antarctic season.

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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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Professor Thomas Brey (Germany)

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Cooperation between the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR (SC-CAMLR) and the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) has been steadily increasing over the last few years to the mutual benefit of both. In order to avoid duplicate reporting between the two committees and following discussions between the Chairs of the CEP and SC-CAMLR, the report of the CEP meeting is presented to SC-CAMLR by Read More
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Dr Polly A. Penhale (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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We describe a spatially and temporally dynamic food-web model of the region surrounding the Western Antarctic Peninsula that can be used to evaluate the potential impacts of various marine protected area (MPA) scenarios. We evaluate four MPA scenarios, including two representing portions of the General Protection Zone presented by the Delegations of Argentina and Chile (SC-CAMLR- XXXVI/18). Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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We aim to investigate the qualitative changes in the habitats of two most common species penguin populations in the Wilhelm Archipelago Pygoscelis papua (gentoo) and Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie) penguins in the CCAMLR Subarea 48.1 under the impact of climate changes and krill fishery. To minimize the effect of human disturbance on the breeding success and survival of chicks Read More
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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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Український антарктичний журнал уаж (Ukrainian Antarctic Journal), 16 (2018): 209–225

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The Pygoscelis penguin colonies census in the Vernadsky Antarctic station area has been provided during 2017-2018 breeding season. The most abandoned Pygoscelis penguin species in the region of research are gentoo penguin, which has formed 14 separate colonies with about 13320 of breeding pairs total and about 780 immature penguins. The Adelie species is much less common in Read More
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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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The present paper reflects on a series of documents, comments and suggestions made during the intersessional discussions since the D1MPA preliminary proposal was introduced by Argentina and Chile in 2017 at CCAMLR XXXVI. It also includes the suggestions and reviews (WG-EMM, Buenos Aires, 2017; Scientific Committee, Hobart, 2017) proposed by the Expert Group and the information provided for Read More
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Dr María Mercedes Santos (Argentina)

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Dr Enrique Marschoff (Argentina)

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The present document reflects on a series of documents, comments and suggestions made during the intersessional discussions since the D1MPA preliminary proposal was introduced by Argentina and Chile in 2017 at CCAMLR XXXVI. It also includes the suggestions and reviews (WG-EMM, Buenos Aires, 2017; Scientific Committee, Hobart, 2017) proposed by the Expert Group and the information provided for Read More
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Dr María Mercedes Santos (Argentina)

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Dr Enrique Marschoff (Argentina)

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Thirteen ACAP species (out of 31 currently listed) are currently showing overall population declines. The population trends of a large proportion of 16 ACAP species with significant distribution in the CCAMLR area are still uncertain or showed declines during the last two decades, and two thirds of the total is listed by the IUCN as threatened. The greatest threat to the ACAP species is Read More
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Dr Marco Favero

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Dr Marco Favero

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Oceanites, Inc. is a US-based, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization under US law, which was founded in 1987. Its mission is to champion science-based conservation and increased awareness of climate change and its potential impacts through the lens of penguins and Antarctica.

This report summarizes activities of Oceanites since CCAMLR-XXXVI and SC-CAMLR-XXXVI, including Read More
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Mr Ron Naveen (Oceanites)

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Mr Ron Naveen (Oceanites)

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The Scientific Committee has previously used results from the Krill-Predator-Fishery Model (KPFM2, also known as Foosa) to consider the risks that implementing various management strategies for the krill fishery will compromise the Commission’s ability to achieve the objectives in Article II of the Convention. Management strategies for the krill fishery are currently comprised of an overall Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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A Research and Monitoring Plan for the Ross Sea region MPA (RSRMPA) has been endorsed by the Scientific Committee (SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/20). The Plan identifies research questions that aim to facilitate assessment of the degree to which the RSRMPA achieves its objectives. The Plan also identifies a set of indicators that, when observed or quantified, provide baseline data for key species and Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Following the submission of a first draft Conservation Measure for establishing a MPA in the Weddell Sea (WSMPA) to CCAMLR 2016, Germany has carried out further work on the WSMPA proposal and the EU has submitted a revised CM proposal to CCAMLR 2018.

This document is based on similar documents submitted to WG SAM 2018 and the CCAMLR Workshop on Spatial Management (WS-SM-18). It intends Read More
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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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Professor Thomas Brey (Germany)

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The CAMLR Scientific Committee in 2017 reviewed the scientific background document SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/28. Germany was asked to carry out further work, in particular as regards the issues raised at WG-EMM-17 and SC-CAMLR-XXXVI (SC-CAMLR-XXXVI, Annex 6, §§ 5.1-5.14). The implementation of recommendations and questions raised by WG-EMM-17 and SC-CAMLR-XXXVI was already presented at the Workshop of Read More
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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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Professor Thomas Brey (Germany)

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Climate change will alter the structure and functioning of Southern Ocean ecosystems, affect the ecosystem services they provide, and therefore require development of conservation and management strategies. A collaborative Workshop between the Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme and CCAMLR brought together a range of ecologists, physical and Read More
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Dr Chris Darby (United Kingdom)

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Dr Chris Darby (United Kingdom)

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The Antarctic krill fishery is expanding at a time when the Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing significant climate change impacts. Climate change and ocean acidification may dramatically impact marine ecosystems and will almost certainly affect krill. It is therefore CCAMLR’s responsibility to enhance its precautionary management of the krill fishery in line with Convention objectives. This Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Emerging research into microplastic pollution in the Southern Ocean has detected microplastics in several different regions of the Antarctic. Microplastics could have negative effects on the ecosystem, particularly when ingested by krill or fish species. In this paper, ASOC and COLTO summarize existing research findings and describe some methods for reducing microplastic pollution via the Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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As outlined fully in SC-CAMLR-BG-XX, a joint one-day workshop was held between SOOS and CCAMLR in April 2018. The full workshop report is available at http://soos.aq/resources/reports?view=reports. All parties at the workshop agreed to the importance of strengthening the collaborative efforts between SOOS and CCAMLR communities, and Read More
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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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Dr George Watters (United States of America)

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We inform on the results of the data validation experiment provided for pictures from time-lapse cameras of the CEMP camera monitoring project of CCAMLR at Galindez Island gentoo colonies. During the 2017-2018 season biologists winterers at Vernadsky station, situated at Galindez Island, provided continuous observations every day of gentoo nests in the three sites where automatic time-lapse Read More
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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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Marine debris data were collected at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, at Signy Island, South Orkneys and at Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula for the period April 2017 to March 2018. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of 371 items during austral winter (April to September 2017) and 111 items during summer (October 2017 to March 2018). Thirteen Read More
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Dr Chris Darby (United Kingdom)

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Dr Chris Darby (United Kingdom)

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A first Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) is under development. MEASO aims to provide a forward-looking assessment of what trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems are happening now and into the future, and what may need to be planned for, in terms of research and management. The aim is to have a quantitative assessment that enables managers to achieve consensus in adapting Read More
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Dr Dirk Welsford (Australia)

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Dr Dirk Welsford (Australia)

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The key issues for development of krill fishery management schemes based on the ecosystem approach and proposal to generate baseline data in the context of addressing these problems are considered.

The multi-year variability of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) size composition in longline catches in the South Georgia maritime zone   in context of  the fishery  management is discussed.

This paper provides a summary of research projects led by Italy in the frame of PNRA (Italian Programme of Researches in Antarctica) that are relevant to monitoring and research in relation to the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area. The inventory includes: (1) research to establish “baseline” environmental and ecological conditions in the Ross Sea region; (2) “process-based” research to Read More
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Dr Laura Ghigliotti (Italy)

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Dr Marino Vacchi (Italy)

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SCAR is an interdisciplinary body of the International Science Council (ISC), and currently includes 44 member countries and nine ISC unions. SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in, from and about the Antarctic region (including the Southern Ocean).

SCAR’s Mission is to advance Antarctic research, including Read More
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Dr Aleks Terauds (SCAR)

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Rosemary Nash (SCAR)

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This paper highlights ASOC’s concern that research under Conservation Measure 24-01 and exploratory fishing conservation measures are not meeting the objectives of the Convention. Research and exploratory fishing activities are not increasing our understanding of the fished species and its impact on the ecosystem, putting the future of Antarctic marine living resources at risk.

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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This paper raises a question about CCAMLR’s capacity and commitment to regularly review and update its conservation measures in the light of emerging environmental changes, latest scientific understandings associated with those changes, and advances in prevention or mitigation technologies, including those developed by experts from outside of the ‘CCAMLR club’. Two examples were considered: Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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As agreed by SC-CAMLR in 2017 (SC-CAMLR-XXXVI, paragraph 10.17), a joint workshop was held between the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) and CCAMLR in April 2018 to:

• Improve understanding of roles and operations between the two communities
• Identify reciprocal pathways of communication for exchange of information
• Identify synergies in data requirements and Read More
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  Dr Louise Newman (SCOR)
  
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This paper provides a summary of data collected by Scientific Observers operating in the Convention Area on board fishing vessels during the 2018 season (based on data received by the Secretariat up to 8 October 2018). Developments in the Scheme of International Scientific Observation Program are discussed with several metrics of observer performance presented, demonstrating an improved Read More
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Ms Belinda Blackburn (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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