An update on the status and trends of CEMP indicator species at U.S. AMLR Program field camps

The U.S. AMLR Program conducts annual field studies to assess the status and trends of several CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) penguin and seal indicator taxa. We provide a brief update on data from several monitored breeding populations and demonstrate continued trends in abundance, identify key relationships with krill resources, and reiterate a call for precautionary fishery management measures to mitigate an on-going collapse of the South Shetland Antarctic fur seal population.