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ASPAs and ASMAs
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) and Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMAs) are designated under the Antarctic Treaty as areas of special scientific or biological significance. The Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty manages a database on the locations of ASPAs and ASMAs, and
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Scientific Committee
specialist subgroup: [page:74341] [page:74342] [page:74343] [page:74347] [page:74349] WG-EMM, WG-FSA ...
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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) and the Working Group on CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (WG-CEMP). The establishing terms of reference requested the group to: (i) Assess status of krill. (ii) Assess status and trends of dependent and
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Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA)
At its second meeting, in 1983, the Scientific Committee agreed that the starting point for discussions on fish stock assessment should be to consider the report of the second meeting of the BIOMASS Working Party on Antarctic Fish Biology (BIOMASS Report Series 12) during its meeting in 1984.
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Working Group on Statistics, Assessments and Modelling (WG-SAM)
In 2001, WG-FSA identified the difficulties that arose when new quantitative methodologies are introduced and incorporated into assessments undertaken during the time of a single meeting. As a result, the WG-FSA Subgroup on Assessment Methods (WG-FSA-SAM) was established in order to provide an
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Working Group on Incidental Mortality Associated with Fishing (WG-IMAF)
In response to concerns over the decline in albatross populations, and the potential for this to be exacerbated by interactions with CCAMLR fisheries, the Commission undertook initial discussion in 1991 and 1992 and convened a meeting of relevant experts on seabirds and longline fishing in 1993.
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Working Group on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (WG-ASAM)
SG-ASAM was established by the Scientific Committee as an expert group to examine issues relating to hydroacoustic surveys of Antarctic krill. Each of the meetings of the sub-group have had specific terms of reference from the Scientific Committee as a result of a specific issue where expert
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CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation (SISO)
the [page:81589], other information including logbooks, [doc:106301], [doc:106302], cruise report ... templates and reference material are available on [page:77322]. ...
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CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP)
In order to manage the commercial harvesting of Antarctic marine living resources in accordance with the ‘ecosystem approach’ that is embodied in Article II of the CAMLR Convention, the effects of fishing on harvested species (target species) as well dependent species and associated species need to
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Marine Debris
The CCAMLR Marine Debris program was established in 1989 to monitor debris levels in the Convention Area, with specific regard to fishing debris items. Members annually submit data using a standardised set of forms and instructions covering marine debris from beach surveys, debris associated with
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