The 1988 Meetings of the Commission and Scientific 

 Committee ; The 1988 meetings of the Commission and Scientific 

 Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 

 Resources were held in Hobart, Australia, on 24 October-4 

 November 1988. To help prepare for these meetings and to 

 review the results of studies carried out in 1987-1988 as 

 part of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Antarctic 

 Marine Living Resource Research Program (see below) , the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, in consultation with the 

 Marine Mammal Commission, the Department of State, and the 

 National Science Foundation, convened an ad hoc group of U.S. 

 Antarctic scientists and representatives of interested industry 

 and environmental groups in Washington, D.C., on 21 June 

 1988. At that meeting, information and views were exchanged 

 on scientific and technical issues on the agenda for the 1988 

 meeting of the Commission and Scientific Committee for the 

 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and on 

 ongoing efforts by the National Marine Fisheries Service and 

 the National Science Foundation to implement applicable domestic 

 legislation, the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention 

 Act of 1984. Marine Mammal Commission representatives 

 participated in this meeting and in subsequent interagency 

 meetings to develop agreed positions on issues scheduled for 

 consideration during the 24 October-4 November 1988 meetings 

 of the Commission and Scientific Committee for the Conservation 

 of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. A Commission repre- 

 sentative also participated as a member of the U.S. delegation 

 to the 1988 meetings of the Commission and Scientific Committee. 



During their 1988 meetings, the Commission and Scien- 

 tific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine 

 Living Resources considered a broad range of issues, including 

 finfish conservation, krill research and monitoring, 

 establishment of a system of observation and inspection, 

 assessment and avoidance of incidental mortality, ecosystem 

 monitoring, and development of a long-term conservation 

 strategy. ^ 



Finfish Conservation Measures ; Vessels from seven 

 countries (Chile, the German Democratic Republic, France, 

 Japan, South Korea, Poland, and the Soviet Union) fished in 

 the Convention Area during the 1987-1988 fishing season. The 

 total fish catch was 86,987 metric tons, down slightly from 

 the catch of 98,029 metric tons in 1986-1987. Much of the 



■*- Reports of the meetings of the Commission and 

 Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine 

 Living Resources can be obtained from: The Executive 

 Secretary, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic 

 Marine Living Resources, 25 Old Wharf, Hobart, Tasmania, 

 7000, Australia. 



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