three areas — Prydz Bay, the Bransfield Strait, and the area 

 around South Georgia Island. 



At the Hamburg meeting, the Working Group amplified and 

 refined the conceptual framework for the ecosystem monitoring 

 program and began to deteirmine the time, ship support, 

 special equipment, and associated research that would be 

 required to satisfactorily meet the program objectives. The 

 Working Group noted the importance of standardizing methods 

 and procedures for collecting, reporting, and archiving data. 

 It agreed that at its next meeting, to be held in Paris in 

 June 1987, the Working Group would consider: data require- 

 ments, data acquisition and data handling with regard to 

 predator, prey, environmental, and fisheries variables; 

 standardization of monitoring methods; identification and 

 elaboration of new data collection methods; the potential 

 role of remote sensing technology; theoretical aspects and 

 pilot studies as related to monitoring needs and 

 methodologies; and establishing a schedule for various 

 program elements. 



The 1986 Annual Meetings of the Commission and 

 Scientific Committee Established by the Convention for the 

 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources — The 1986 

 annual meetings of the Commission and the Scientific 

 Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 

 Resources were held in Hobart on 8-20 September 1986. To 

 help prepare for these meetings and review the status of the 

 development plan for a directed research program (described 

 below) , the National Marine Fisheries Service, in consul- 

 tation with the Marine Mammal Commission, the Department of 

 State, and the National Science Foundation, convened an ad 

 hoc group of U.S. scientists and representatives of 

 interested industry and environmental groups in Washington, 

 D.C., on 2 May 1986. At that meeting, information and views 

 were sought and exchanged on scientific and technical issues 

 on the agenda for the 8-20 September 1986 meetings of the 

 Antarctic Marine Living Resources Commission and Scientific 

 Committee and on research and monitoring which the U.S. 

 should carry out to best facilitate implementation of the 

 Living Resources Convention. Marine Mammal Commission 

 representatives helped prepare for and participated in both 

 the May preparatory meeting and the September meetings of the 

 Commission and Scientific Committee for the Conservation of 

 Antarctic Marine Living Resources. 



During the September 1986 meetings, the Antarctic Marine 

 Living Resources Commission and Scientific Committee con- 

 sidered a wide range of issues including: measures needed to 

 better assess and conserve exploited fish stocks; evaluation 

 of possible methods for assessing and monitoring the status 

 of Antarctic krill stocks; development of a coordinated, 



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