CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) at Bouvet Island (BOI) for macaroni penguins (EUC), chinstrap penguins (PYN), and Antarctic fur seals (SEA)

Bouvet Island is a sub-Antarctic island and established nature reserve in the South Atlantic Ocean (Subarea 48.6). The Norwegian Polar Institute operates a small research station designed for shorts stays of 2 to 4 months at a time.

Data has been collected discontinuously on the following parameters for each species:

**Macaroni and chinstrap penguins**

Breeding population size

Duration of foraging

Breeding success

Chick diet

Breeding chronology

**Antarctic fur seals**

Duration of seal cow foraging

Pup growth

**Purpose of CEMP:** In order to provide information of the effects of fishing on dependent species, CCAMLR set up the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) in 1989. The two aims of CEMP are to:

1) Detect and record significant changes in critical components of the marine ecosystem within the Convention Area, to serve as a basis for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources.

2) Distinguish between changes due to harvesting of commercial species and changes due to environmental variability, both physical and biological.