Environmental

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Sea Ice

Sea Ice Date

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Monthly sea ice data from NSIDC

This data set provides a Climate Data Record (CDR) of sea ice concentration from passive microwave data. The CDR algorithm output is a rule-based combination of ice concentration estimates from two well-established algorithms: the NASA Team (NT) algorithm (Cavalieri et al. 1984) and the NASA Bootstrap (BT) algorithm (Comiso 1986). The CDR is a consistent, daily and monthly time series of sea ice concentrations from 25 October 1978 through the most recent processing for both the north and south polar regions. All data are on a 25 km x 25 km grid. Note: A near-real-time version of this data set also exists to fill the gap between the time that this data set is updated through to the present. The data set is called the Near-Real-Time NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration (https://nsidc.org/data/g10016).

Data downloaded from https://nsidc.org/data/g02202/versions/4

Management Areas

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Acoustic Stations

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Only active Toothfish Fishery Research Blocks?

Archived SASS areas

COMNAP Antarctic Facilities

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COMNAP Antarctic Facilities

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) maintains a curated list of Antarctic facilities (stations, camps, etc.).
The COMNAP Antarctic Facilities is a comprehensive list of Antarctic facilities with a status of Open or Temporarily Closed. The information included in the datasets was provided by each National Antarctic Program to COMNAP and is updated frequently. COMNAP will release scheduled updates of this dataset. If you would like to be notified of changes, you can watch this repository.

COMNAP 2024 Version 3.5.0 downloaded from Polar Geospatial Center github repository pages at - https://github.com/PolarGeospatialCenter/comnap-antarctic-facilities/

Deployed moorings

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SOOS Mooring Network.

Data downloaded from SOOS map - http://www.soosmap.aq/

CEMP sites

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CCAMLR monitored CEMP sites

In order to manage the commercial harvesting of Antarctic marine living resources in accordance with the ‘ecosystem approach’ that is embodied in Article II of the CAMLR Convention, the effects of fishing on harvested species (target species) as well dependent species and associated species need to be taken into account.

Dependent species are those species that feed on the target species or are impacted by the removal of the targets species from the food web. Associated species are typically those that are impacted directly by the action of fishing e.g. through by-catch or incidental mortality.

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 indicator-species used in the CEMP program are:

adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
chinstrap penguin (P. antarctica)
gentoo penguin (P. papua)
macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
black-browed albatross (Thallasarche melanophrys)
Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
cape petrel (Daption capense)
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella).

Some krill-dependent species, such as crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), while considered likely to respond to changes in krill availability, have not been used in monitoring because they live in the pack-ice and so are not amenable to repeated/annual monitoring.

CCAMLR data. More information at https://www.ccamlr.org/science/ccamlr-ecosystem-monitoring-program-cemp

Data available from
https://github.com/ccamlr/data/tree/main/geographical_data/cemp

Penguin populations

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MAPPPD Penguin populations

This layer provides penguin population counts from the MAPPPD (Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics) project. The project uses advanced modelling techniques to detect and count penguin colonies from remote sensing data. http://www.penguinmap.com/
Users may not copy or use material or data from MAPPPD for commercial use, except for use by the media, by Antarctic expedition operators or with the express written consent of Oceanites.

Version V_4_4

Layer downloaded from mapppd - https://www.penguinmap.com/mapppd

Albatross and petrel nest sites

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ACAP Albatross nesting sites

In February 2013, ACAP Latest News commenced posting a series of brief accounts describing breeding sites of ACAP-listed species. In considering what constitutes a breeding site, differences in conservation management procedures have been taken into account. However, with some exceptions, the usual defining unit has been an individual island. Extinct and translocation sites are also being covered. A breeding site account usually give information on the following:

Name
Locality and ownership
Description (size, height, vegetation)
ACAP-listed species/subspecies that breed with a summary of what is known of their population size(s) and trend(s); including most recent count(s) of breeding pairs
Research and conservation activities
Conservation status (national and international)
Conservation needs/threats
Selected references
Links

The accounts are illustrated with photos usually depicting an overall view, habitat at the breeding site, a breeding colony and close-ups of individual birds.

More info available from https://www.acap.aq/resources/acap-breeding-sites

Data downloaded from https://data.acap.aq/search_sites.cfm

VME data

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CCAMLR Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Data

The CCAMLR Conservations Measures currently define the following types of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) areas:

Registered VMEs: These are areas listed by CM 22-09 or VME encountersreported by members, following the procedures outlined in CM 22-06, paragraphs 6 to 8, later endorsed to be added to the VME registry by the Scientific Committee and Commission.
VME risk areas: These areas are created based on vessel notifications, following the procedures specified in CM 22-07, paragraph 4.
VME fine-scale rectangles: These rectangles are established after vessel notifications, in accordance with the procedures outlined in CM 22-07, paragraphs 5 and 7.

Data are availbale at https://vmeregistry.ccamlr.org/

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Environmental

Sea Ice

Monthly sea ice data from NSIDC

Management Areas

Acoustic Stations

COMNAP Antarctic Facilities

COMNAP Antarctic Facilities

Deployed moorings

SOOS Mooring Network.

CEMP sites

CCAMLR monitored CEMP sites

Penguin populations

MAPPPD Penguin populations

Albatross and petrel nest sites

ACAP Albatross nesting sites

VME data

CCAMLR Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Data

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Management

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