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1. INTERANNUAL SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF KRILL (EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA) INFLUENCES SEABIRD FORAGING BEHAVIOR NEAR ELEPHANT ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

   Abstract:  We investigate the influence of krill (principally Euphausia superba) patchiness on the ... foraging distributions of seabirds to understand how variation in krill influences patch dynamics between ... krill and birds. At sea surveys were conducted near Elephant Island, Antarctica for three years (2004 ... -transect surveys were used to map seabirds, and a combination of acoustic and net surveys was used to map ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P12 : Author(s): J.A. Santora, C.S. Reiss, A.M. Cossio and R.R. Veit

2. Recommendation to commence discussions on a way to plan and organise the work of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

   process at CCAMLR XXXV. Author(s):  Delegation of Australia Title:  Recommendation to commence discussions ... Abstract:  In recent years, there has been an increase in the number and complexity of issues that ... approaches to give adequate attention to issues, CCAMLR has found it a challenge to progress many of these ... ways to more effectively plan and organise the work of the Commission. Australia proposes that the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/18 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

3. Nomenclature of CCAMLR meetings

   reports and documents, as at present, but replace the roman numerals with Arabic numbers. It also ... :  Nomenclature of CCAMLR meetings Microsoft Word File:  e-cc-xxxvii-15.docx Approval:  Approved Secretariat ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/15 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

4. Off the hook? Initiatives to reduce seabird by-catch in longline fisheries

   organizations (NGOs), national governments and inter-governmental bodies. At least 40 species of seabirds ... Abstract:  The recent history of global initiatives to reduce seabird by-catch in longline ... fisheries are reviewed, highlighting in turn the activities of environmental and industry non-governmental ... population decreases. An International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/6 : Author(s): J. Cooper (South Africa), J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom) and K.S. Rivera (USA)

5. Antarctic sea ice losses drive gains in benthic carbon drawdown

   Abstract:  Loss of sea-ice, ice shelves and retreat of coastal glaciers around the Antarctic ... Peninsula in the last few years has exposed new open water, allowing large blooms of phytoplankton to ... phytoplankton die and sink to the sea-bed where the carbon is sequestered for thousands of years. This carbon ... sink acts as a negative feedback to climate change, with an estimated 2.9 million tonnes of carbon ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/34 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

6. Review of identity and biology of species of the family Macrouridae, from the CCAMLR fishery in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   Abstract:  Samples of macrourid rattail bycatch from the toothfish fishery in sub-areas 88.1 & ... ; 88.2 in 2002 were identified by observers and returned to New Zealand for subsequent confirmation of ... geographic source of the aged sample. This confirms the preliminary age estimates from the ageing study ... NIWA data were derived from frozen-and-thawed specimens. The age and length at maturity for M. whitsoni ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/32 : Author(s): P.M. Marriott and P. McMillan (New Zealand)

7. On the possibility of practical utilisation of krill target strength TS in situ obtained on the basis of EK-500 measurements

   situ at the frequency of 120 kHz as measured with echosounder EK-500 (split-beam) principle). Krill was ... Abstract:  Comparative analysis of krill length distribution in the echosurvey area, obtained with ... trawl and acoustic methods is presented. Besides, the acoustic estimate of krill length composition was ... obtained on the basis of the empiric model by Greene et al. (1991) using estimates of target strength in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/19 : Author(s): S.M. Kasatkina (Russia)

8. Estimating the level of illegal fishing using simulated scaling methods on detected activity

   Abstract:  At its 2003 meeting, WG-FSA recommended that investigations be undertaken to determine ... , Annex 5, paragraph 3.18). The results of these simulations suggest that more information on IUU fleet ... the number of IUU fishing days, particularly for areas where patrolling may be relatively infrequent ... vessels between detecting IUU activity, thereby estimating the number of IUU fishing days, and deterring ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-04/14 : Author(s): Ball, I.

9. Developing a Risk Assessment for Subarea 48.1 using tracking data

   Abstract:  CCAMLR has endorsed the use of the Risk Assessment framework to apportion the krill ... catch limits in order to minimise the risk of the fishery to krill dependent predators. We plan to apply ... the risk assessment framework across Subarea 48.1 at various spatial and temporal scales, in order to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/24 : Author(s): V. Warwick-Evans, A. Friedlaender, J.T. Hinke, N. Kokubun, J.H. Kim and P.N. Trathan

10. Information on IUU fishing in the French EEZs around Kerguelen and Crozet and in CCAMLR Statistical Area 58

    Antarctic Territories (TAAF) at Heard and McDonald Islands, as well as the Agreement of 2007 on the Treaty ... a number of resources available to the Secretariat at no charge, notably use of the Kerguelen ... Abstract:  This report provides an update on implementation of the Treaty of 24 November 2003 ... surveillance system was in operation for the whole period, no observations of IUU fishing activity were noted ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/23 : Author(s): Délégation française

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