Objective 1 (Monitoring of the Antarctic ecosystem) was set as the
first objective so as to understand how whales respond and adapt to
changes in the environment and the ecosystem structure Such
understanding is necessary to enable appropriate utilization and
management of whale stocks
- Objective 2 (Modelling competition among whale species and
future management objectives) was established mainly because the
results of JARPA suggested the possibility of a major shift in the
composition of baleen whales in the Antarctic The goal of
constructing a competition model among whale species would contribute to the multi-species management approach which would
overcome one of the deficiencies of the current Revised
Management Procedure (RMP)
- Objective 3 (Elucidation of temporal and spatial changes in stock
structure) responds to the lack of information on current stock
structure of the main species comprising the current Antarctic
marine ecosystem This information is important for better
interpretation of items such as abundance estimates and for the
implementation of management procedures
- Objective 4 (Improving the management procedure for Antarctic
minke whale stocks) is intended to reduce the range of
uncertainties that relate to the Implementation of the RMP