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1. Ecological risk management and the fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   management encompasses four major steps: recognition of risk; assessment of risk; development of strategies ... to avoid, mitigate, manage or tolerate risk; and monitoring of risk. Here we begin the development of ... research and management resources can be prioritised so as to meet the objectives of Article II of CCAMLR ... . Risks are considered in 4 categories: 1. Target species harvest: Risks of depletion of Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/24 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

2. USING ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE TO IDENTIFY FINER-SCALE SSMUS FOR OCEANIC AREAS IN SUBAREAS 48.1 TO 48.3

   Abstract:  One of the main issues in the management of the krill fishery is finding a spatial ... subdivision of catches that allows CCAMLR to achieve its objectives for both the fishery and the ecosystem ... . This requires a framework of spatial areas over which catches can be subdivided. WG-EMM has devised an ... initial framework of small scale management units (SSMUs) in subareas 48.1 to 48.4 based on the spatial ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/18 : Author(s): S.L. Hill and J. Silk (UK)

3. Ecosystem studies carried out during the second Ukrainian Marine Antarctic Expedition in Subareas 48.2 and 48.1 in 1998

   scientific research vessel "Ernst Krenkel" took place in the western part of the Atlantic sector of ... the Antarctic. It was arranged by the Ukrainian Antarctic Center of the Ministry for Affairs of ... Science and Technologies of Ukraine. The preliminary analysis of the data compiled allows revealing some ... specific features of the environmental conditions, state of the krill population, other functionally ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/5 : Author(s): V. Bibik and P. Gozhik (Ukraine)

4. Reconciling fisheries with conservation: three examples from the Southern Ocean

   Abstract:  Preservation of ecosystem structure is the guiding principle by which the Commission ... for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) endeavors to manage the harvests of ... living resources of the Southern Ocean (with the notable exception of marine mammals). The experiences of ... employed by CCAMLR is the application of a precautionary approach, which explicitly incorporates ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/48 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt (USA), I. Everson (United Kingdom) and C.D. Jones (USA)

5. Relationship to the Antarctic Treaty System

   The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CAMLR Convention) forms ... an integral part of the Antarctic Treaty System. Provisions in the CAMLR Convention bind Contracting ... Parties to a range of obligations in the Antarctic Treaty, including: Article III Article IV.1, and ... . Article III Under Article III of the CAMLR Convention, Contracting Parties, whether or not they are ...

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6. WG-SAM-17

   2017 Meeting documents Doc Number Title WG-EMM-17/02 Development of a five-year work plan for the ... CCAMLR Scientific Committee M. Belchier (Chair of SC-CAMLR) WG-SAM-17/01 Results of the sixth Ross Sea ... shelf survey to monitor abundance of sub-adult Antarctic toothfish in the southern Ross Sea, January ... fishery in Division 58.4.4b by Japan and France Delegations of Japan and France WG-SAM-17/03 Research plan ...

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7. SCOI-97

   Provisional agenda SCOI-97/02 Rev. 2 List of documents SCOI-97/03 Reports of Inspection Secretariat SCOI-97/04 ... Crozet Islands (Division 58.5.1 and Subarea 58.6 respectively) Delegation of France SCOI-97/05 On ... sightings of fishing vessels of non-Members (copies of correspondence) SCOI-97/06 Summary of sightings of ... fishing vessels in the Convention Area in the 1996/97 season Secretariat SCOI-97/07 The provision of ...

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8. Modelling Southern Ocean krill population dynamics: biological processes generating fluctuations in the South Georgia ecosystem

   Abstract:  Variability is a key feature of the pelagic ecosystems of the Southern Ocean and an ... important aspect of the variation is fluctuation in the abundance of krill, the major prey item of many of ... the higher predators. Direct impacts of variability in the large-scale physical environment, such as ... . So far, however, there has been little quantitative assessment of the importance of krill population ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/53 : Author(s): E. Murphy and K. Reid (United Kingdom)

9. Past and present conservation measures

   , CCAMLR has implemented a range of rules and regulations to facilitate conservation of Antarctic marine ... living resources, alongside fishing activities. CCAMLR annually publishes the Schedule of Conservation ... Convention Area. Conservation Measures prior to 1989 were published in the Commission reports. Schedule of ... Conservation Measures in Force 2022/23 (5.75 MB) Schedule of Conservation Measures in Force 2021/22 (4.34 MB ...

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10. CCAMLR ecosystem monitoring and management: future work

    Abstract:  Harvesting of marine living resources in the Southern Ocean is managed by the ... Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).  CCAMLR is widely known for ... its ecosystem-approach to managing fisheries with the maintenance of ecological relationships included ... in the conservation objectives.  In the late 1980s, the precautionary approach of CCAMLR was ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/P05 : Author(s): A.J. Constable

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