catch (37,943 metric tons) was of Champsocephalus qunnari , 

 which has been heavily exploited in the area around South 

 Georgia Island and for which a total allowable catch of 35,000 

 metric tons was set during the 1987 meeting of the Commission. 



Fishing countries reported a combined catch of 34,573 

 metric tons of C. qunnari in the South Georgia area during 

 the 1987-1988 fishing season. Analysis of catch, effort, and 

 related data done by the Scientific Committee in 1988 indicated 

 that the allowable catch of C. qunnari in the South Georgia 

 area should be reduced to 10,194 metric tons for the 1988- 

 1989 fishing season. This fishing season had begun on 1 

 October 1988, and catch reported prior to and during the 24 

 October-4 November 1988 meeting of the Commission indicated 

 that the allowable catch level recommended by the Scientific 

 Committee already had been exceeded. The Commission therefore 

 adopted a conservation measure prohibiting directed fishing 

 for C. qunnari until after the 1989 meeting of the Commission 

 and Scientific Committee (6-17 November 1989) when a catch 

 limit for the 1989-1990 fishing season will be considered. 

 To avoid by-catch of C. qunnari in other fisheries, the 

 Commission also prohibited fishing for four other finfish 

 species in the South Georgia area, except for research purposes, 

 prior to 20 November 1989. Based upon advice from the 

 Scientific Committee, the Commission also established a total 

 allowable catch of 13,000 metric tons of Patagonotothen 

 brevicauda guntheri in the South Georgia area for the 1988- 

 1989 fishing season. 



Krill Research and Monitoring ; The total catch of 

 Antarctic krill in the Convention Area in 1987-1988 was 370,663 

 metric tons, down slightly from the 1986-1987 catch of 376,527 

 tons. It is unlikely that this level of catch has had any 

 adverse effects on either krill stocks or krill predators, 

 except possibly in local areas such as around South Georgia 

 Island where much of the krill fishing has been focused. 



The importance of determining and obtaining data necessary 

 to predict and detect the possible effects of krill fishing 

 on krill stocks and the ecosystems of which they are a part 

 has been widely recognized. During the 1988 meetings of the 

 Commission and Scientific Committee for the Conservation of 

 Antarctic Marine Living Resources, it was agreed that a 

 permanent Working Group on Krill should be established to 

 assist in making the required determinations. It also was 

 agreed that this Working Group would meet at the Southwest 

 Fisheries Center in La Jolla, California, early in June 1989 

 to begin its work and that prior to the Working Group meeting, 

 a workshop would be held at the Southwest Fisheries Center. 

 The purposes of the workshop are to consider and make recom- 

 mendations to the Scientific Committee regarding the potential 

 utility of catch per unit effort analyses to detect and guantify 



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