SC-CAMLR-XIX SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES REPORT OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE HOBART, AUSTRALIA 23 – 27 OCTOBER 2000 CCAMLR PO Box 213 North Hobart 7002 Tasmania AUSTRALIA ________________________ Telephone: 61 3 6231 0366 Facsimile: 61 3 6234 9965 Email:
[email protected] Chairman of the Scientific Committee Website: www.ccamlr.org November 2000 __________________________________________________________________________________________ This document is produced in the official languages of the Commission: English, French, Russian and Spanish. Copies are available from the CCAMLR Secretariat at the above address. 1 Abstract This document presents the adopted report of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held in Hobart, Australia, from 23 to 27 October 2000. Reports of meetings and intersessional activities of subsidiary bodies of the Scientific Committee, including the Working Groups on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management and on Fish Stock Assessment, are appended. CONTENTS Page OPENING OF THE MEETING ................................................................... 1 Adoption of Agenda.............................................................................. 1 Report of the Chairman .......................................................................... 2 Intersessional Activities ...................................................................... 2 Intersessional Activities of