Exploring trends of the krill fishery indicators among the NWAP D1MPA zones in the Subarea 48.1

Domain 1 marine protected area (D1MPA) proposal has been developed sin 2012 and now has been intensively discussed. Its implementation will establish a new scenario for the current krill fishing fleet dynamic, therefore it is necessary to understand what represent each D1MPA zones for the fishery. We analysed the trend of different fishing indicators among the D1MPA zones during the period 2013-2017, including as an independent zone the main fishing hotspot established recently in Bransfield Strait. Bransfield zones are crucial for the current fishery performance; SSI zones are secondary used when fishing yields decrease; and Gerlache seems to provide promising fishing tendencies, but its stability is uncertain.Domain 1 marine protected area (D1MPA) proposal has been developed sin 2012 and now has been intensively discussed. Its implementation will establish a new scenario for the current krill fishing fleet dynamic, therefore it is necessary to understand what represent each D1MPA zones for the fishery. We analysed the trend of different fishing indicators among the D1MPA zones during the period 2013-2017, including as an independent zone the main fishing hotspot established recently in Bransfield Strait. Bransfield zones are crucial for the current fishery performance; SSI zones are secondary used when fishing yields decrease; and Gerlache seems to provide promising fishing tendencies, but its stability is uncertain.