Document Number:    
                  WG-ASAM-2021/07
              
      Submitted By:    
                  Dr Gavin Macaulay
              
      Approved By:    
                  Dr Bjørn Krafft (Norway)
              
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      Abstract    
                  A maximum threshold setting in the noise removal part of the Echoview template used for acoustic krill biomass estimation can remove significant amounts of krill backscatter. A revised threshold setting is proposed and applied to the 2019 International Synoptic Krill survey in Area 48, resulting in a 16% increase in the biomass estimate.