June 2013

Environmental Impact Over Antarctic Krill Fishing

New CCAMLR research is signaling about seasurface water temperature increase and its direct effect over Antarctic krill population. It points its effect over the change of krill’s foraging areas, feeding patterns and the implication over the entire Antarctic food chain. It also addresses future Antarctic krill biomass condition and its impact over Antarctic krill commercial fishing. This …

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Assessing status and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

This is a research done by A. Constable (Australia), D. Costa (USA), E. Murphy (United Kingdom), E. Hofmann (USA), O. Schofield (USA), A. Press (Australia), N. Johnston (United Kingdom) and L. Newman (Australia). This is CCAMLR’s Secretariat Document No. WG-EMM-13/36 submitted 17 June 2013. The prognosis for Antarctic krill overall is ambiguous, as factors that could impact directly on krill vary regionally. New research …

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Potential Climate Change Effects on the Habitat of Antarctic Krill

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

This is a research done by Simeon L. Hill (British Antarctic Survey, UK), Tony Phillips (British Antarctic Survey, UK) and Angus Atkinson (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK) This is CCAMLR’s Secretariat Document No. WG-EMM-13/20 submitted 13 June 2013. Antarctic krill is an obligate cold water species, an increasingly important fishery resource and a major prey item for many fish, birds …

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Chinese Market Report (Release June 2013)

News / By Dimitri Sclabos

A new Tharos report was released. This is first of a series of reports referring to the Chinese krill market. Much has been said of the great Chinese potential but still the knowledge is limited about the complexities of dealing in this market. This is valid for insurgents as well as for incumbents. China will become …

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Chinese Krill Market Report (Release June 2013)

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

This is first of a series of reports referring to the Chinese krill market. Much has been said of the great Chinese potential but still the knowledge is limited about the complexities of dealing in this market. This is valid for insurgents as well as for incumbents. China will become the largest krill-end products market, in …

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Bridging the Great Antarctic Krill Divide

News / By Dimitri Sclabos

Released by the Cambridge University Press, this is a report made by Dr. Simeon Hill. Simeon Hill (2013). Bridging the great Antarctic krill divide. Antarctic Science, 25, pp 345-345. doi:10.1017/S0954102013000412. More at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000412

Ecosystem Services of the Southern Ocean: Trade-Offs in Decision-Making

News, Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Recently released by “Cambridge Press University”, this is an excellent review on krill biomass, environmental and regulatory principles applied to the krill fishery. Written by Susie M. Grant, Simeon L. Hill, Philip N. Trathan and Eugene J. Murphy, addresses the South Antarctic ecosystem and its benefits to mankind obtained from natural ecosystems. This report include provisioning …

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