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    Cetacean observations onboard krill fishing vessel near the Southern Orkney islands during Australian summer 2020/21

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    Document Number:
    WG-EMM-2021/34
    Author(s):
    K. Vishnyakova and J. Ivanchikova
    Submitted By:
    Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)
    Approved By:
    Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)
    Abstract

    Cetacean observations were conducted onboard the Ukrainian trawler “MORE SODRUZHESTVA”, which fished Antarctic krill and was used as a platform of opportunistic research during the cruise from December 2020 till March 2021. During the Australian summer the fishing grounds were in the CCAMLR Statistical Area 48.2 (South Orkney Islands). Visual observations of marine mammals were conducted.