CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) at Lions Rump, King George Island (LRP) for Adelie (PYD), chinstrap (PYN), and gentoo (PYP) penguins

Research is conducted from the Polish Antarctic Station, Henryk Arctowski, to monitor to following parameters for each species: **Adelie penguins and Gentoo penguins:** Breeding population size Breeding success Chick weight at fledging **Chinstrap penguins:** Breeding population size Breeding success **Purpose of CEMP:** 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 two aims of CEMP are to: 1) Detect and record significant changes in critical components of the marine ecosystem within the Convention Area, to serve as a basis for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources. 2) Distinguish between changes due to harvesting of commercial species and changes due to environmental variability, both physical and biological.