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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2015 - Part B: Description of available spatial data
justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In ... documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment of ... the means and the results of the scientific analyses and the development of objectives and priority ... areas for a Weddell Sea MPA. Here, the delegation of Germany intends to update the Scientific Committee ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany
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Estimation of krill biomass from an acoustic survey carried out in 1986, during a study of predator–prey interactions around the western end of South Georgia
Abstract: An acoustic survey, designed to study the distribution of shore-breeding, marine ... predators and their pelagic prey, was carried out in 1986 around the western end of South Georgia. This ... paper describes how this acoustic data has been used to estimate krill biomass of part of the original ... survey area as part of an interannual study. The radiating transect design gave increased sampling ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/17 : Author(s): C. Goss and S. Grant (United Kingdom)
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The brief review of the AtlantNIRO’s investigations of living marine resources: whales, krill and fish, in the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic
Abstract: The USSR has fished in the Atlantic Sector of the Antarctic for three living marine ... were collected a big set of statistical and biological data on embryos growth rate of sperm whales ... , pigmy blue whales, southern baleen whales, physiological structure of the females share in the ... aggregations of various whale species, migrations etc. which is widely used for correct stocks evaluation and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/30 : Author(s): F. Litvinov, D. Tormosov, Zh. Frolkina (Russia)
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Results of scientific observation in Antarctic krill fishery in 2010/11: II. analysis of variability of krill size and fish by-catch
Abstract: We examined spatio-temporal variability of krill body length and number of bycatch fish ... as variables of interest based on the scientific observer data for the 2010/2011 fishing season. Both ... krill length and number of bycatch fish were analyzed by using a hierarchical Bayesian model composed of ... observation error. The parameters of the model were estimated by the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/67 : Author(s): T. Okuda and M. Kiyota (Japan)
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Comparison of long-term trends in abundance, recruitment and reproductive success of five populations of Pygoscelis penguins in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Abstract: Responses of predator populations to environmental variability in the Antarctic have ... predator life-history strategies. Five populations of Pygoscelis penguins from King George Island and ... Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, were examined to compare up to 25 years of data on the ... responses of sympatric congeners to recent changes in their Antarctic ecosystem. We used simple linear ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/21 : Author(s): J.T. Hinke (USA), K. Salwicka (Poland), S.G. Trivelpiece, G.M. Watters and W.Z. Trivelpiece (USA)
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Update on the ‘Demersal interactions with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears’ project
interactions with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the ... vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears”. This project commenced in 2006 and is due to ... conclude with the publication of a final report in late 2011. Outputs of this project, including novel ... technologies and unique datasets for quantifying the dynamics and extent of the interactions between demersal ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/23 : Author(s): G.P. Ewing, D.C. Welsford and A.J. Constable (Australia)
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Changes of population structure in common benthic species of the proposed Stella Creek MPA in the vicinity of the Akademik Vernadsky Station, Galindez Island, Antarctica
Abstract: First descriptions of the two proposed MPAs, Stella Creek and Skua Creek, as well as ... (International Union for Conservation of Nature) categories and governance types for protected area”. Bathymetric ... maps and a 3D-model of the sea-bed of Stella Creek and Skua Creek were given for the first time. The ... non-destructive method of survey using analysis of underwater photos was applied for scientific ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/41 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine
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VME detection thresholds: preliminary results of a study on the case of the sea pens (Pennatulacea) of the CCAMLR sector 58.4.4b
, the data are reported to the Secretariat to inform the CCAMLR about the potential presence of VME to ... of sea pens (Pennatulacea, NTW, VME bioindicator) in the 58.4.4b sector have been reported during the ... CCAMLR SAM Working Group 2018. However, despite the important level of the catches, no VME detection ... threshold triggering out the establishment of an immediate fishing exclusion zone have been reached. Here ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/52 : Author(s): A. Martin and M. Eléaume
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Differentiated catchability of trawls as a method for a more precise estimate of density of krill swarms and its biomass
Abstract: Krill escapement in different parts of krill trawls and their differentiated ... considerable importance for catching results. It is proved that the estimation of density and size structure of ... fished krill swarms should be performed on the based of differentiated catchability of krill trawls. A ... mathematical model of krill trawling has been developed for estimating the above values. Author(s): V. Akishin ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/21 : Author(s): V. Akishin (Russia)
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES AND THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS
Abstract: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is proposed between the Commission for the ... Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Secretariat for the Agreement on the Conservation of ... Albatrosses and Petrels. The objective of this MoU is to facilitate cooperation between the CCAMLR and the ... ACAP Secretariat with a view to supporting efforts to minimise the incidental by-catch of albatrosses ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/BG/19 : Author(s): Submitted by ACAP