PROPOSED SMALL-SCALE MANAGEMENT UNITS FOR THE KRILL FISHERY IN SUBAREA 48.4 AND AROUND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

Relatively little ecological information is available for the South Sandwich Islands, so the diversity of information available to determine potential SSMU boundaries is limited. Nevertheless, a suggested SSMU is proposed, based on the foraging distance of the most abundant land-based consumer of krill breeding on the islands, the chinstrap penguin. The proposed SSMU represents a single ecological entity with no internal boundaries. It is based on the best information currently available.