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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a listed endangered species under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. A distinct population of blue whales, the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue (EIOPB) whale…

Since 2001, hundreds of thousands of hours of underwater acoustic recordings have been made throughout the Southern Ocean south of 60° S. Detailed analysis of the occurrence of marine mammal sounds in these circumpolar recordings could provide novel insights into their ecology…

There is growing interest from research and conservation groups in the potential for using small unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs; <2 kg) to conduct wildlife surveys because they are affordable, easy to use, readily available and reliable. However, limitations such as short flight endurance…

Antarctic sea ice plays a crucial role in the global climate system and is highly sensitive to climate change and variability (Walsh 1983; Liu et al. 2002; Roach et al. 2020). Sea ice seasonally covers a vast area of the high-latitude Southern Ocean each year…

Despite widespread iron (Fe) limitation in the Southern Ocean, intense phytoplankton blooms are observed around productive coastal regions such as the Mertz Polynya (off George V Land and Adelie Land, East Antarctica; 140–155°E). Sources of Fe across coastal East Antarctica vary…

Echosounder data are widely collected and employed to address multitude scientific questions, from characterizing pelagic marine ecosystems, to investigating the behaviour and dynamics of marine organisms, and estimating the abundance and biomass of marine resources.

An Advisory Committee Work Programme for the 2023 - 2025 triennium will be submitted to MoP7 in 2022. This is a draft of that work programme seeking comments and eventual endorsement from the Advisory Committee.

Following a recommendation from the Advisory Committee, a Work Programme for the 2019 - 2021 triennium was adopted by the Sixth Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MoP6, Resolution 6.4).

This report has been compiled pursuant to Article X (j) and in fulfilment of Articles VII (1)(c) and IX (6)(d) of the Agreement. The information contained within Section 1 of this report has been obtained by the Secretariat from Parties pursuant to Article VII (1) (c) and Article VIII (10).

This Report documents discussions and recommendations of the Tenth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG10), held online, from 17 - 19 August (AEST/UTC+10).

A summary of progress by the Taxonomy Working Group is provided.

This report outlines progress during the intersessional period against the Work Programme of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (hereafter PaCSWG or WG), approved by the Sixth Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MoP6) in 2018 and updated at the 11th ACAP Advisory Committee (AC)…

This report to the Seventh Meeting of the Parties has been drafted as a document in progress for the Advisory Committee by the Chair and Vice-chair with the assistance of the Agreement's Secretariat.

Recommendations … That WG-SAM note these preliminary explorations of alternative decision rules for managing toothfish fisheries, which indicate that an approach based on a harvest rate H: Would be consistent with the CCAMLR decision rule and its objective…

Dr So Kawaguchi was Chief Scientist on the recent voyage of CSIRO Research Vessel Investigator to Antarctica. His research will help protect krill from over-harvesting and be used to research long-term impacts on the ecosystem.

The SCAR Krill Action Group (SKAG) provides a conduit for science to feed into the management of the Antarctic krill fishery, as well a more general forum to promote collaboration, help early career researchers, improve understanding of krill biology and ecology, and facilitate information exchange.

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)1 is undertaking planning activities for a proposal to construct and operate a new aerodrome near Davis research station in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (the Davis Aerodrome Project). The Davis Aerodrome Project would involve the construction of a 2.

This Information Paper supplements Working Paper 43 by setting out draft criteria that might be applied to identified Important Bird Areas (IBAs) as well as to other bird colonies or aggregations1 when considering ASPA designation.