Detecting potential fishery related and climate change impacts through the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP)

Over the life of this project we:
•   Continued the long-term monitoring program established at Bechervaise Island in 1989 as Australia's contribution to CCAMLR's Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP)
•   Expanded long-term monitoring to other seabird species and to other locations across East Antarctica
•   Promoted remote camera technology developed under AAS 2722 to CCAMLR as a cost-effective alternate method for monitoring seabird populations, culminating in the acceptance of their use as a CCAMLR Standard Method
•   Under a grant from CCAMLR's Special CEMP Fund, developed software for processing images obtained from remote cameras that outputs data directly compatible with CEMP parameters and made the software available to the CCAMLR community and other seabird researchers
•   Undertook research on seabird diet and foraging under AAS projects 4087 and 4088 of direct relevance to CEMP
•   Regularly attended and submitted working papers to CCAMLR Working Group and Scientific Committee meetings

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island and the Mawson region continued in 2017-18 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters were measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel.

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island continued in 2016-17 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters were measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel.

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island continued in 2015-16 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters was measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island continued in 2014-15 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters was measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island continued in 2013-14 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters was measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel

The long-term monitoring of Adelie penguin populations at Bechervaise Island continued in 2012-13 as Australia's contribution to the international CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program. This long-term program commenced in 1990-91 and is one of the longest ecological monitoring programs in east Antarctica. A suite of population and foraging parameters was measured for submission to CCAMLR as a baseline against which future change can be assessed and to provide a basis for understanding the drivers of change in this important krill consuming species. The program of work has recently been extended to include collection of data on additional species including the snow petrel and the Cape petrel.