The Antarctic Marine The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Living Resources (AMLR) Program (AMLR) Program National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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The Antarctic Marine Living The Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) ProgramResources (AMLR) Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science CenterSouthwest Fisheries Science Center
The AMLR team, 2010
The AMLR team is a group of scientists dedicated to preserving natural resources in Antarctica for future generations.
The History of the AMLR Program
• The long history of mostly unregulated harvesting activities in Antarctic waters has already contributed to the over exploitation of Antarctic fish and marine mammal stocks.
• Exploitation began in the early 1800’s with Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals; both were driven to near extinction by the turn of the century.
• Established in 1982 in response to concerns that increasing krill fishing activities could have a deleterious impact on the Southern Ocean ecosystem, the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is an international treaty between 25 nations that seeks to manage Antarctic fisheries with the goal of preserving species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem.
• AMLR scientists study a tiny but important organism called krill, which is an important part of the diet of fish, penguins, whales, seals, and many other animals.
• If people take too much krill from the oceans, there won’t be any left to feed other animals.
The Antarctic
ecosystem
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba
Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
How is krill used?
• People use krill to make nutritional supplements, especially Omega-3 Fatty Acids.
• Krill are used as feed in fish farms, and as bait in sports fishing.
• People eat krill in Russia and Japan. In Japan it is called okiami.
Photo: http://www.nature4less.com
Can you guess why these penguin
colonies have a pink color?
(Hint…)
For our penguin experts:
What are the three species of penguin
pictured here?
Answers:
Gentoo
Chinstrap
Adèlie
Where do AMLR scientists go?
• The AMLR study area is near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula.
• Gentoo penguins, chinstrap penguins and Adèlie penguins are common here.
• Emperor penguins are found closer to the South Pole.