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Krill – biology, ecology and fishing
Krill Questions One of the outcomes of a 2014 ‘krill stakeholder’ workshop hosted by British ... ) programme, was an invitation to participants to submit questions about krill and the krill fishery ... and Management (the expert group in CCAMLR that works on krill) and the CCAMLR Secretariat’s Science Manager ... of krill and the krill fishery. If you have any other questions, or you have better answers than those we ...
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Krill fisheries and sustainability
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea ... , and are found in all the world's oceans. In the Southern Ocean, one species, the Antarctic krill, Euphausia ... , and is replaced through reproduction and subsequent growth of the krill population. Krill can live up to 8 years ... nutrients available to other animals for which krill make up the largest part of their diet. For this reason ...
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Krill fisheries
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) may be taken in the Southern Ocean in Subareas 48.1 to 48.4 ... in depths of 0–250 m. Vessels may use a continuous fishing system which transports krill from the codend ... Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) may be taken in the Southern Ocean in Subareas 48.1 to 48.4 ... in depths of 0–250 m. Vessels may use a continuous fishing system which transports krill from ...
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CCAMLR Scientific Scholarship Scheme – Previous Recipients
and Boundary Element Method (FEM-BEM based) TS model for Antarctic krill for comparison with the CCAMLR SDWBA ... model, study of the broadband acoustic scattering from Antarctic krill, and investigation of the utility ... of 70 kHz as an alternative or supplementary frequency for krill identification and biomass estimation ... and the overlap of fin whales with the distributions of krill and krill fishing activities in CCAMLR Subarea 48.1 ...
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Fishery notifications
are described in Conservation Measure 21-02. Details for exploratory krill fisheries are described ... notification for the next season at CCAMLR online support. Krill fishery notifications Established fisheries ... for krill (Euphausia superba) currently operate in Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4, and Divisions 58.4.1 ... and 58.4.2. Members intending to participate in these established krill fisheries must notify the Commission ...
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Proposed work schedule for 2013 meeting of WG-EMM
subgroups and make their plans Item 2.1 (Krill issues present) Tue (2 July) Items 2.1 (Krill issues present ... ) and 2.2 (Krill issues future) Wed (3 July) Items 2.2 (Krill issues future) and 3.1 (MPAs). Wrap up item ... (1 July) Item 1 (Introduction) and form subgroups and make their plans Item 2.1 (Krill ... issues present) Tue (2 July) Items 2.1 (Krill issues present) and 2.2 ...
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Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM)
WG-EMM first met in 1995 after the amalgamation of the Working Group on Krill (WG-Krill ... requested the group to: (i) Assess status of krill. (ii) Assess status and trends of dependent and related ... (i) to (v) above, develop management advice on status of Antarctic marine ecosystems and for management of krill ... WG-EMM first met in 1995 after the amalgamation of the Working Group on Krill (WG-Krill ...
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History of the Convention
in Antarctic fisheries resources, including krill. Drawing on the advice of the Scientific Committee ... krill, raised concerns about the sustainability of such fisheries. At the Eighth Antarctic Treaty ... Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 1977, BIOMASS emphasised the importance of krill ... exploitation of krill could have severe repercussions on Antarctic seabird, seal and whale species that depend ...
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Meeting of Antarctic experts comes to a close
estimated that the size of the krill stock in the South Atlantic is 62.6 million tonnes. This is very ... similar to the krill stock size of 60 million tonnes determined by the last survey in 2000. A major new ... research program will run over the next few years to provide a new approach to managing krill fisheries ... . The program will focus on regular determination of krill population size in different areas, utilising ...
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Manuals
(2011). The Scientific Observer's Manuals for Finfish and Krill Fisheries contain guidance ... requirements for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) and Antarctic krill ... (2011). The Scientific Observer's Manuals for Finfish and Krill Fisheries contain guidance ... requirements for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) and Antarctic krill ...
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