Current Work
Task Forces
Depending on the current research, outreach needs, and management goals, SKEG members work on the vast array of priorities in krill research in Task Force groups with set purposes. For example, the purview of the Krill Flux Task Force is to provide methodological, logistical and scientific advice for an effective realization of the mooring network.
2025 Task Forces
- Krill Flux TF
- Fisheries Indices TF
- KrillBASE TF
- Communications and Outreach
Each Task Force is led by an established career member and an early career member – Task force membership is open to all SKEG members and participation is voluntary and task-dependent.
Ongoing Work
Fishery Management
The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (the Convention) is an international agreement established to conserve Antarctic marine living resources and is an integral part of the Antarctic Treaty system. The Convention applies to all marine living resources within the Antarctic marine ecosystem.
CCAMLR x SKEG
Due to the unique expertise and interests SKEG represents, CCAMLR has asked SKEG for assistance in developing science needed for specific management tasks and monitoring programs like a Krill Stock Assessment and Revising the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program.
Development of a KSH
In 2022, the Commission noted that advancing a revision of the krill fishery management required framework for interpreting data and plan future research that would be fullfilled in the development of a stock hypothesis. They then requested assistance from SKEG in the development of a krill stock hypothesis.
Improving CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring
The Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management proposed that SKEG could provide recommendations for krill fishery and at sea monitoring
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