SC-CAMLR-XXXIV

In 2014 the  Commission acknowledged the extensive developments that have taken place in recent years in relation to research fishing in exploratory fisheries, closed fisheries and other areas and  requested a review of the requirements of CM 21-02 and related measures (e.g., CMs 21-01 and 24-01) in light of these developments.  It is apparent that the nomenclature and working ‘status’ of Read More
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Dr Christopher Jones (United States of America)

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Hard copies of the infographic will be circulated at CCAMLR-XXXIV.

This paper summarises the implementation of conservation measures dealing with fishing and related activities in the 2014/15 fishing season (CM 41-01 to 41-11, 42-01, 42-02, 51-01 to 51-03, 51-07) including notifications of encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) or potential VMEs (CM 22-06, 22-07).

CCAMLR has been managing the krill fishery without sufficient measures needed to meet the requirements of Article II of the Convention. To meet these requirements ASOC seeks key improvements in the management of Antarctic krill fisheries, including establishing feedback management procedures, requiring 100% scientific observer coverage on board krill vessels, and implementing further Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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Due to uncertainties in Antarctic krill stock, which do not allow scientists to develop comprehensive system of Feedback management of krill fishery and to provide work on forecast of the ecosystem changes that has been mentioned at the Warsaw 2015 Meeting of the WG-EMM, Ukraine suggest the draft of the changes to CCAMLR Conservation Measure 51-06(2014) be considered in order to make the Read More
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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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Taking into account the practice and current state of krill fishery in Area 48, Ukraine proposed to consider the Conservation Measure 51-07(2014) in order to redistribute the trigger level of catch in 620 000 tonnes between Subareas in Area 48 in a new percentage limits and to encourage vessels to produce food for human "direct" consumption from krill. This revision will still enable to follow Read More
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Dr Kostiantyn Demianenko (Ukraine)

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SC-CAMLR increasingly needs to make reference material available to the Commission for ongoing discussions over many years.  Much reference material arising from Working Group discussions is placed into ‘Fishery Reports’ or the annual reports of the meetings.  However, some reference material is preferred not to be in the public domain, therefore not in those reports.  Other material may be Read More
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Dr Andrew Constable (Australia)

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WG-EMM recently requested that SC-CAMLR consider developing a communications strategy.  With the advent of the web-based technology for rapporteurs and Members to jointly develop reports of meetings, the Secretariat has indicated that it would be possible to use a similar approach for developing and adopting reports on specific topics, such as fishery reports, and making them rapidly available Read More
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Dr Andrew Constable (Australia)

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CCAMLR Science was launched over 20 years ago with the aim of providing mechanism to publicise the science done in CCAMLR and to raise the profile of CCAMLR within the international scientific community.  A reduction in the number of papers submitted to, and published in the journal, has prompted a review of options for the future of CCAMLR Science. In particular, it may be Read More
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Dr Keith Reid

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One condition for designating candidate sites to be afforded protection in the Weddell Sea is the subsequent yearly monitoring of these sites from research and fishing vessels, therefore knowledge about changes in interannual and seasonal ice dynamics is a fundamental factor for the successful completion of assigned research tasks in these designated waters. This also requires analysis of the Read More
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Mr Dmitry Kremenyuk (Russian Federation)

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Biodiversity in candidate areas to be afforded protection based on historical observer data and data from research cruises in the Weddell Sea.

At CCAMLR-XXXIII the Commission noted the discussion in the Scientific Committee on activities concerning toothfish in SSRUs 882A–B, where a clearer association of these SSRUs with the Ross Sea stock was considered, and recalled the discussion of the Commission in 2013 regarding the rationale for the revision of the boundary between Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. The Commission also reviewed last Read More
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Mr Dmitry Kremenyuk (Russian Federation)

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The development of a feedback management strategy for the krill fishery (feedback management, FBM) is one of the priority tasks being undertaken by the Scientific Committee and WG-EMM in recent years.  An integral part of developing an FBM should be studying the risks of impact that methods under development for spatially distributing the catch will have on the fleet's performance parameters Read More
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Mr Dmitry Kremenyuk (Russian Federation)

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Over the last three to four years the question has been raised in working groups and the CCAMLR Scientific Committee regarding the provision of resources for research in open and closed SSRUs in the Ross Sea. According to established practice and as a rule, if the research was conducted in open SSRUs, then the required proportion of the target species to be removed was taken from the TAC for Read More
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Mr Dmitry Kremenyuk (Russian Federation)

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The delegation of Germany has submitted the scientific background and justification for the development of a marine protected area in the Weddell Sea planning area. In accordance with the recommendations by WG-EMM-14 (SC-CAMLR-XXXIII, Annex 6), this was done in three separate documents (SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15, /BG/16 and /BG/17).

The Scientific Committee is invited to note that:

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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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The Scientific Committee encouraged Members to consider potential ways in which its work could be streamlined. In early September the Chair and the Vice Chairs of the Scientific Committee, and Conveners of the Working Groups and Subgroup, together with the Secretariat held a tele-conference to discuss how to best address this issue at the Scientific Committee this year. The meeting agreed that Read More
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Dr So Kawaguchi (Australia)

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Catches of toothfish, icefish and krill reported in the Convention Area in 2013/14 and 2014/15. Catches reported in 2013/14 were published in the CCAMLR Statistical Bulletin Volume 27 (https://www.ccamlr.org/en/data/statistical-bulletin). Catch totals for the current season (2014/15) are preliminary and based on data Read More
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Dr David Ramm (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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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 Read More
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Dr Polly A. Penhale (United States of America)

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Germany intends to present the Scientific Committee the scientific background and justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In accordance with the recommendations by WG-EMM-14 (SC-CAMLR-XXIII, Annex 6), this was done in three separate documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment Read More
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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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Germany intends to present the Scientific Committee the scientific background and justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In accordance with the recommendations by WG-EMM-14 (SC-CAMLR-XXIII, Annex 6), this was done in three separate documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment Read More
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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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Germany intends to present the Scientific Committee the scientific background and justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In accordance with the recommendations by WG-EMM-14 (SC-CAMLR-XXIII, Annex 6), this was done in three separate documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment Read More
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Dr Katharina Teschke (Germany)

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In response to a request from the Scientific Committee the Secretariat has initiated a process to utilise VMS data for data-quality assurance in relation to catch data. This represents a change in focus on the use of VMS data by CCAMLR and requires a contingent change in emphasis on data quality assurance processes in order to ensure that the VMS can be used with an appropriate degree of Read More
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Dr Keith Reid

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A consolidated summary of information related to the krill fishery, in a similar format to the fishery reports that are completed for finfish fisheries, is presented for consideration by the Scientific Committee. Alternative options for the presentation of time-series of the spatial distribution of catches are included.

The program Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics, which is a partner program of IMBER and SCAR, will be holding a conference on assessing status and trends of habitats, key species and ecosystems in the Southern Ocean in April 2018.  This background paper is an invitation to Members of the SC-CAMLR to participate in working groups on four themes that will be of benefit to SC-CAMLR: (1) Read More
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Dr Andrew Constable (Australia)

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The outcomes of the TPRG e-group report for the Australian COTPAS submission of its scientific observer training are presented. The report indicated that the information provided for each of the criteria either met or exceeded the standard required. It is recommended that the Scientific Committee endorse the outcome of the report and consider how an Accreditation Review Panel should be Read More
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Dr Christopher Jones (United States of America)

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In 2014, the Scientific Committee endorsed a proposal from South Africa that the Secretariat be tasked with developing a proposal for funding support from the Global Environment Facility to build capacity among GEF-eligible CCAMLR Member countries to strengthen their participation in CCAMLR (SC-CAMLR-XXXIII, paragraph 10.30).  This report updates progress report 1 presented to WG-EMM-15 (WG- Read More
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Mr Andrew Wright (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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The ABNJ Deep Seas Project ‘Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation of Deep-sea Living Marine Resources and Ecosystems in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’ is a five year project designed to enhance sustainability in the use of deep-sea living resources and biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ through the systematic application of an ecosystem approach. The Read More
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Dr David Ramm (CCAMLR Secretariat)

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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 2014 to March 2015. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of 289 and 275 items during winter (April to September 2014) and summer (October 2014 to March 2015) respectively. For the first Read More
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Dr Chris Darby

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Since entered in the krill fishery in the 2009/10 fishing season, China has made every efforts to ensure maximum coverage possible and high quality scientific observation throughout Chinese krill fishing activities. The Bureau of Fisheries (BoF), Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of P. R. China has developed a comprehensive scientific observer training program and assignment scheme. During the Read More
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Dr Xianyong Zhao (China)

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ASOC strongly supports the decision of ATCM XXXVIII to hold a second joint workshop between the CEP and SC-CAMLR on climate change. In this paper, we suggest some ways to ensure successful outcomes for the workshop, including:  agreeing on a scientific baseline; compiling overviews of existing efforts; basing the joint work programme on the CEP’s Climate Change Response Work Programme; Read More
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Ms Claire Christian (ASOC)

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This paper provides an early announcement  of the Third International Symposium on Krill that will be held from the 12-16 June 2017 at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Paper CAMLR-XXXIV/29 proposes an MPA for the Ross Sea region that includes a Special Research Zone (SRZ) along with three other General Protection Areas. This paper presents an analysis of sea ice within and surrounding the boundaries of the proposed SRZ over the past 16 years, the impact it has had on the fishery in the area during that time, and potential influences sea ice might impose on Read More
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Dr Rohan Currey (New Zealand)

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A proposal for a Joint SC-CCAMLR IWC Workshop to develop multi-species models of the Antarctic marine ecosystem was proposed at the SC-CCAMLR 2014, and a steering group for the Workshop was formed.

WG-EMM 2015 agreed on the benefit of dividing the workshop into two; the first to review data availability, and the second as a comprehensive discussion of approaches in relation to modelling Read More
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Dr So Kawaguchi (Australia)

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Loss of sea-ice, ice shelves and retreat of coastal glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula in the last few years has exposed new open water, allowing large blooms of phytoplankton to flourish in the newly exposed coastal areas. This new productivity has important consequences as the phytoplankton die and sink to the sea-bed where the carbon is sequestered for thousands of years. This carbon Read More
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Dr Chris Darby

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Publication:
Current Biology, 25, R1–R3 (2015)

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This paper presents an update of the metrics of capacity and capacity utilisation presented in WG-SAM 14/19 in order to monitor trends in capacity in exploratory toothfish fisheries in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. The updated metrics show the same pattern as the metrics based on the data up 2013 and do not indicate an excess capacity in the fishery. A measure of potential daily fishing capacity as Read More
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Dr Keith Reid

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Data on beach surveys, debris associated with seabird colonies, marine mammal entanglements and hydrocarbon soilings were received for 2015 from South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay. Non-fishing items such as plastics, packaging materials and wood remain the most common type of debris items found in beach surveys. The fishing items found were mostly from longline and Read More
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Ms Emily Grilly

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