Setting out a structure for WG-FSA advice on the management of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in Subarea 48.1

The CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its Working Groups are tasked with providing precautionary management advice in accordance with CCAMLR Article II and using the CCAMLR Decision Rule as a foundation. WG-EMM(2019) began setting out a process for defining a “data rich” analysis approach progressing towards assessment and management of the krill stock and its fishery. At WG-EMM(2020) discussions highlighted that for Subarea 48.1, where catches have increased to the local interim catch allocation and where there has been development of a risk assessment model, a data limited approach could be used to provide advice to the Scientific Committee and the Commission in the short term, while the data rich approach is being fully developed and evaluated. This discussion paper outlines a draft data limited approach for providing advice on krill management in Subarea 48.1, to initiate further discussion on the methodology.