Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

Bettina Meyer; Angus Atkinson; Kim S. Bernard; Andrew S. Brierley; Ryan Driscoll; Simeon L. Hill; Enrique Marschoff; Dale Maschette; Frances A. Perry; Christian S. Reiss; Emilce Rombolá; Geraint A. Tarling; Sally E. Thorpe; Philip N. Trathan; Guoping Zhu; So Kawaguchi

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00026-1

Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

Bettina Meyer^*, Angus Atkinson, Kim S. Bernard, Andrew S. Brierley, Ryan Driscoll, Simeon L. Hill, Enrique Marschoff, Dale Maschette, Frances A. Perry, Christian S. Reiss, Emilce Rombolá, Geraint A. Tarling, Sally E. Thorpe, Philip N. Trathan, Guoping Zhu, So Kawaguchi

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Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the Southwest Atlantic, which holds the highest krill densities and is warming rapidly. The krill catch is increasing, is concentrated in a small area, and has shifted seasonally from summer to autumn/winter. The fishery is managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, with the main goal of safeguarding the large populations of krill-dependent predators. Here we show that, because of the restricted distribution of successfully spawning krill and high inter-annual variability in their biomass, the risk of direct fishery impacts on the krill stock itself might be higher than previously thought. We show how management benefits could be achieved by incorporating uncertainty surrounding key aspects of krill ecology into management decisions, and how knowledge can be improved in these key areas. This improved information may be supplied, in part, by the fishery itself.

Original language	English
Article number	28
Number of pages	12
Journal	Communications Earth & Environment
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00026-1
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2020

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Ecosystem ecology

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Meyer, B., Atkinson, A., Bernard, K. S., Brierley, A. S., Driscoll, R., Hill, S. L., Marschoff, E., Maschette, D., Perry, F. A., Reiss, C. S., Rombolá, E., Tarling, G. A., Thorpe, S. E., Trathan, P. N., Zhu, G., & Kawaguchi, S. (2020). Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation. Communications Earth & Environment, 1, Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00026-1

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Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

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