TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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 INTRODUCTION 1 



A. Proposed Krill Surplus 1 



B. Development of a Krill Fishery 1 



C . Purpose of this Paper 4 



II. PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE ANTARCTIC 



MARINE ECOSYSTEM 5 



A. Major Water Masses and Circulation 



Patterns 5 



B. Ice Characteristics 9 



III. MAJOR FAUNAL GROUPS PRESENT IN THE 



ANTARCTIC MARINE ECOSYSTEM 10 



A. Whales 10 



B. Seals 11 



C. Birds 11 



D. Fish 12 



E . Cephalopods 13 



F. Euphausiidae 14 



IV. HISTORY OF LIVING RESOURCE EXPLOITATION 



IN ANTARCTICA 15 



A. Sealing 15 



B. Whaling 16 



