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1. Population dynamics of the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on Macquarie Island and the effects of mortality from longline fishing

   increased from 17 in 1956 to a maximum of 97 in 1966, and then declined at an average rate of 8.1% per year ... Abstract:  The estimated breeding population of wandering albatrosses on Macquarie Island ... emigration). The decline is correlated with the onset of large-scale fishing for tuna in the southern ... hemisphere using longlines. The effect of longline mortality on the population dynamics of the wandering ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMALF-94/07 : Author(s): William K. de la Mare and Knowles R. Kerry (Australia)

2. Summary of incidental mortality associated with fishing activities collected in scientific observer and vessel data during the 2019 season

   seal morality event which occurred at the end of the 2018 season. Incidental mortality numbers for ... Abstract:  This paper summarises data collected by Scheme of International Scientific Observation ... observers and vessels, of incidental interactions between fishing vessels, seabirds and marine mammals ... number of birds killed is 103. Author(s):  CCAMLR Secretariat Title:  Summary of incidental mortality ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/16 Rev. 2 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

3. Establishing an Intersessional Correspondence Group (ICG) to consider approaches for appropriately integrating climate change into the work of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

   , a draft of which is provided at Attachment A.  Author(s):  Delegations of Australia and Norway Title ... of the greatest challenges facing the Southern Ocean, the Commission has yet to consider the issue of ... way.  Australia proposes the establishment of an Intersessional Correspondence Group to initiate and ... sustain a process for appropriately integrating climate change into the work of the Commission.  Australia ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/31 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and Norway

4. The effect of abiotic factors on the reproduction of seabirds on the Argentine Islands

   Abstract:  The research was conducted during the summer season from 12.13.2011 to 02.09.2012 at ... the Ukrainian Antarctic station "Academik Vernadsky". The most numerous breeding colony of ... among the newborn penguins on the Galindez Is caused by starvation. The number of residential nests ... decreased almost three times. Underwater surveys conducted by us in this period in the area of Galindez Is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/59 : Author(s): І.V. Dykyy

5. Observer coverage in CCAMLR krill fisheries from 2011 to 2015

   discussion at the Commission for a number of years, as the krill fishery is the only CCAMLR fishery that does ... Abstract:  The issue of observer coverage in krill fisheries has been the subject of extensive ... not require 100% observer coverage. The Secretariat analysed the level of observer coverage for the ... past five years comparing the number of days of fishing conducted by vessels in the krill fleet, with ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/11 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

6. A method for preparing large numbers of otolith sections for viewing by scanning electron microscope

   Richardson at the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, the microstructure of otoliths was examined. Progress is ... Abstract:  In an investigation of the age structure of a population of Notothenia coriiceps ... reported on a method used for processing large numbers of otoliths using a scanning electron microscope ... facilitate present methods of ageing fish populations, especially for fishery work in the Antarctic where ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/07 : Author(s): J.R. Ashford, K. Robinson and M.G. White (United Kingdom)

7. South African work plan for 2015/16 for the joint Japan/South Africa research on Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6

   Abstract:  A multi-year plan for research by Japan and South Africa aimed at yielding a tag-based ... assessment of the Dissostichus resource in statistical Subarea 48.6 was adopted in 2012 and formulated in CM ... 41-04. This paper submits a work plan for the South African contribution to the fourth year of this ... research in 2015/16 and is to be read in conjunction with progress report. Author(s):  Delegation of South ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/39 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

8. A review of the Somniousus (sleeper shark) subgenus and a risk assessment of the sleeper shark by-catch caught in Australian sub-Antarctic fisheries

   antarcticus is caught as by-catch in Australian subantarctic fisheries at Heard and McDonald Islands (Division ... monitoring of by-catch of this species is ongoing. Author(s):  E.M. van Wijk, R. Williams and J.D. Stevens ... (Australia) Title:  A review of the Somniousus (sleeper shark) subgenus and a risk assessment of the sleeper ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/69 : Author(s): E.M. van Wijk, R. Williams and J.D. Stevens (Australia)

9. Integrated environment–prey–predator interactions off South Georgia: implications for management of fisheries

   and this is a food source for large populations of penguins and seals that breed at South Georgia. A ... Abstract:  The oceanography of the South Georgia region is principally that of the Southern Ocean ... rather than the South Atlantic. A combination of factors, including advection, local bathymetry and high ... local productivity, leads to relatively large concentrations of krill (Euphausia superba) in the region ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/27 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd (United Kingdom)

10. Can the length composition of krill in predator diets provide information on the age-dependence of krill natural mortality?

    schedule of krill natural mortality at age. In principle, such a method would allow inferences about this ... of krill is split between predator species. This method uses data on the length distribution of krill ... predator abundance and food consumption studies. Some results of the method are put forward purely for ... illustrative purposes. Further discussions about the practicalities of obtaining reliable estimates of the ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/40 : Author(s): Thomson, R.B., Butterworth, D.S.

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