The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Commission and the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources was held in Hobart, Australia from 26 October to 4 November 1994. All members of the Commission including India were represented. Observers from Canada, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, and Ukraine were also present. Apart from administrative and budgetary matters, the Commission dealt with matters relating to krill resources, harvesting of stocks, ecosystem monitoring, inspections, compliance with conservation measures, scientific research etc.

Total krill fishing in all Antarctic waters during 1993-94 season was about 84,000 tonnes. Chile, Japan, Poland, Russian Federation and Ukraine were the major harvesting countries. Over the years krill fishing has been reduced. During 1991-92 season it was about 2,98,000 tonnes. The precautionary catch limit is about 1.5 million tonnes. The ecological impacts of krill fishing were discussed at the meeting. Australia indicated its interest in harvesting krill resources. The Scientific Committee expressed its interests in knowing the future plans with respect to potential catch levels and fishing areas. It was recognised that although India had in the past expressed its interest in krill fishing it had not yet established any definite plans to harvest krill resources.

India was elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Observation and Inspection (SCOI).