CCAMLR and its approaches to management of the krill fishery

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Nicol, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400012626; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400012626

Abstract The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic MarineLiving Resources has met annually since 1982, with the task of implementing the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; the treaty which was designed to manage rationally the exploitation of resources in the Southern Ocean. The central resource of the region is Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba Dana) and despite nine years of meetings the Commission has yet to adopt any conservation measures to protect krill. This article examines the published work of the Commission, seeking to determine how the Commission has dealt with the krill fishery and why it has not yet developed a krill management plan.