Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action
Abstract The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is responsible for management of the Antarctic marine ecosystem, including its living resources. The Commission has yet to implement precautionary measures that protect predators dependent upon Antarctic krill from pot...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/icesjms/fsac092 2024-03-03T08:38:36+00:00 Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action Godø, Olav Rune Trathan, Philip Ommer, Rosemary 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac092 https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/79/5/1457/44278773/fsac092.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ICES Journal of Marine Science volume 79, issue 5, page 1457-1466 ISSN 1054-3139 1095-9289 Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2022 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac092 2024-02-05T10:35:28Z Abstract The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is responsible for management of the Antarctic marine ecosystem, including its living resources. The Commission has yet to implement precautionary measures that protect predators dependent upon Antarctic krill from potential food competition with fisheries where these now increasingly spatially aggregate. Here, we describe voluntary buffer zones (VBZ) implemented in 2018 by the Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies (ARK) following negotiations with environmental NGOs. The VBZ now prohibit krill fishing during the penguin-breeding season around important penguin colonies along the Antarctic Peninsula. We describe the background of the VBZ and further actions that would ensure ongoing ecological benefits. Lack of data and delays in the implementation of the Commission's revised krill fishery management framework continue to concern NGOs and other stakeholders, especially as part of the management framework will expire in November 2022. Without action by CCAMLR, the ARK VBZ will be the only regulation providing precautionary protection at relevant spatial and temporal scales. The VBZ are an example of how responsible industry can help to protect marine ecosystems when regional management is unable to act given lack of data, and/or associated legal and political constraints. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Antarctic Peninsula Oxford University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula The Ark ENVELOPE(-24.789,-24.789,-80.691,-80.691) ICES Journal of Marine Science |
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Abstract The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is responsible for management of the Antarctic marine ecosystem, including its living resources. The Commission has yet to implement precautionary measures that protect predators dependent upon Antarctic krill from potential food competition with fisheries where these now increasingly spatially aggregate. Here, we describe voluntary buffer zones (VBZ) implemented in 2018 by the Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies (ARK) following negotiations with environmental NGOs. The VBZ now prohibit krill fishing during the penguin-breeding season around important penguin colonies along the Antarctic Peninsula. We describe the background of the VBZ and further actions that would ensure ongoing ecological benefits. Lack of data and delays in the implementation of the Commission's revised krill fishery management framework continue to concern NGOs and other stakeholders, especially as part of the management framework will expire in November 2022. Without action by CCAMLR, the ARK VBZ will be the only regulation providing precautionary protection at relevant spatial and temporal scales. The VBZ are an example of how responsible industry can help to protect marine ecosystems when regional management is unable to act given lack of data, and/or associated legal and political constraints. |
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Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action |
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Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action |
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Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action |
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Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action |
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Voluntary actions by the Antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for CCAMLR action |
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voluntary actions by the antarctic krill fishing industry help reduce potential negative impacts on land-based marine predators during breeding, highlighting the need for ccamlr action |
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