CCAMLR

ASOC strongly supports the recommendation of WG-EMM-16 that Conservation Measure 51-07 should be retained while alternative strategies and feedback management (FBM) are under evaluation. Discussions at WG-EMM-16 provided further evidence that concentrating krill fishing operations in areas being used by land-based predators puts predators at risk from localized depletion. Consequently, ASOC expects CCAMLR to endorse the scientific advice from its working group. Although it has some weaknesses, CM 51-07 has minimized the risks of localized krill depletion and therefore should not be allowed to lapse. ASOC also urges SC-CAMLR and the Commission to develop additional means of preventing overlap between fishing locations and predator foraging areas to minimize the risk of fishery impacts on krill predators.

A project is proposed to provide CCAMLR with a detailed description of all species which are or have been subject to exploitation at one time in the Southern Ocean. It is envisaged that CCAMLR will benefit considerably from the project both in terms of its publicity and perception in the context of international organisations.  This paper provides a brief outline of the work proposed, work priorities, possible participation, length of the project and costs incurred.

Trammel net surveys were continued in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, to achieve a 33-year record, 1983-2016, to monitor changes in the prevalence of three species of notothenioid fishes: Notothenia rossii, Gobionotothen gibberifrons and N. coriiceps. Inshore results were consistent with those achieved from the most recent offshore bottom trawl research cruises in 2007 and 2012 around the South Shetland Islands: 1) a continuous increase in the abundance of N. rossii; 2) further decline in G. gibberifrons recruitment evidenced by the low proportions of juvenile fish; and 3) a high abundance of N. coriiceps. Results were also consistent with trends in seabirds that feed on juveniles of these species. The three notothenioids have similar ecological habits nearshore, but while in offshore waters N. coriiceps was never commercially fished, N. rossii and G. gibberifrons were severely impacted by industrial fishing during the late 1970s-onset of the 1980s. Reasons for lack of recovery in G. gibberifrons remain obscure but seemingly relate to the dramatically changing ecosystem of the region due to climate and perhaps recovery of previously depleted upper trophic level species. Under the regulation of CCAMLR, commercial fishing for finfish in the South Shetland Islands region (FAO Subarea 48.1) remains prohibited since 1991; results indicate that it cannot be reinstated.

Dans le présent document l'Ukraine propose de modifier la mesure de conservation 10-05 à l'égard de la mise en œuvre du certificat de capture de Dissostichus spp. : il est clarifié que ce document est applicable en cas de transbordement ou de débarquement de captures de Dissostichus spp.

Les aires marines protégées (AMP) sont à l'ordre du jour du système du Traité sur l'Antarctique depuis 2005 au moins. Depuis lors, divers efforts ont été consentis dans le but de préserver les ressources marines vivantes de l'Antarctique. Dans le contexte actuel du changement climatique, les secteurs de la péninsule antarctique et du sud de l'arc du Scotia (domaine 1) sont particulièrement importants, car ils sont parmi les régions de la planète les plus menacées par les effets du changement climatique. Dans ce document, nous décrivons l'état d'avancement du processus de désignation d'un système représentatif d'AMP dans le domaine 1, et soulignons qu'il s'étend au-delà de l'objectif principal d'établir une AMP, c.-à-d. à la conservation des ressources. Le processus même consiste en la compilation, l'analyse, l'intégration et la publication d'une grande partie des informations disponibles, ce qui non seulement contribue à l'accumulation de connaissances scientifiques mais offre également un outil exceptionnel pour visualiser et partager l'information, facilitant ainsi le processus de prise de décision.