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1. A LARGE-SCALE SURVEY OF ADÉLIE PENGUIN BREEDING DISTRIBUTION IN EAST ANTARCTICA

   Abstract:  A recent gap analysis of knowledge of the breeding distribution of the Adélie penguin ... across the Australian Antarctic Territory in east Antarctica found that approximately half of the species ... ’ potential breeding habitat had no evidence of ever being searched. With such incomplete knowledge of the ... distribution due to broad-scale environmental change, or to reliably estimate the current size of breeding ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/34 : Author(s): C. Southwell and L. Emmerson (Australia)

2. Proposed update to the terms of reference and guidelines for the CCAMLR MPA Special Fund

   respect of MPAs. Given recent progress by CCAMLR towards the development of MPAs, it is now timely to ... review the purpose of the Fund, and to update the terms of reference and practical guidance for how it is ... Scientific Committee: i)    Terms of Reference for use of the MPA Special Fund ii)    Guidelines on ... submission and review of proposals for use of the MPA Special Fund iii)    Terms of Reference for the MPA ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/12 : Author(s): Delegations of the United Kingdom and the United States, on behalf of the MPA Special Fund Correspondence Group

3. Characterisation of skate catches in the Ross Sea region

   (Dissostichus mawsoni) catch of about 3000 t. Skates form a small proportion of the total catch (typically 2% or ... in the Ross Sea Region, including the data collected in the two “Year of the Skate” fishing seasons ... in 2008/09 and 2009/10. The composition of the skate catch by species is uncertain; it is estimated ... to the end of the 2009–10 fishing season, and about 4300 Eaton cf. skates were landed and 4600 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/25 : Author(s): S. Mormede and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

4. Identification of Pleuragramma antarctica larvae in the Ross Sea via mitochondrial DNA

   Abstract:  Research into the early life stages of Pleuragramma antarctica is essential to ... understanding how oceanographic variation will impact spatial distributions over time. The recent findings of ... , length and growth data for larvae found in the western and eastern Ross Sea during the austral summer of ... genomic DNA from a sample of these larvae and, using fish universal primers, amplified part of the 16S ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/61 : Author(s): J.A. Caccavo (Italy), C. Brooks (USA), L. Zane (Italy) and J.R. Ashford (USA)

5. Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua diet as an indicator of planktonic availability in the Kerguelen Islands

   Abstract:  Since penguins rely on the main planktonic resources of the Southern Ocean, knowledge ... of their diet may be used for monitoring these resources. During winter and spring of 1987 and 1989 ... , we investigated the composition of the diet of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua, in relation to ... changes in the availability of two prey species, Euphausia vallentini and Themisto gaudichaudii, sampled ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/11 : Author(s): C.A. Bost, P. Koubbi, F. Genevois, L. Ruchon and V. Ridoux (France)

6. Using digital video monitoring systems in fisheries: applications for monitoring compliance of seabird avoidance devices and seabird mortality in Pacific halibut longline fisheries

   Halibut Commission (IPHC) for a project examining the feasibility of electronic monitoring systems (EMS ... ) in the Pacific halibut longline fleet operating off the state of Alaska. The project was conducted on ... two of the IPHC stock assessment survey vessels fishing in Alaska during 2002. The objectives of the ... project were to: 1) examine the ability of an electronic monitoring system to provide images that would ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/24 : Author(s): R.T. Ames, G.H. Williams and S.M. Fitzgerald (USA)

7. Candidate baseline data for ecosystem indicators in the Ross Sea region. Part A: Brief presentation of data

   facilitate assessment of the degree to which the RSRMPA achieves its objectives. The Plan also identifies a ... set of indicators that, when observed or quantified, provide baseline data for key species and ... characterize the status of the marine ecosystem in the Ross Sea region. These baselines provide benchmarks from ... which to assess change and evaluate the performance of the MPA. Here, and in an accompanying background ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/11 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

8. Distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the WCPFC Convention Area and overlap with WCPFC longline fishing effort

   Abstract:  This paper presents an analysis of the distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the ... area under the jurisdiction of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), using data ... from the BirdLife Global Procellariiform Tracking Database. • The WCPFC area includes 41% of the global ... breeding distribution of albatrosses and petrels. • Albatross distribution is concentrated north of 20ºN ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/19 : Author(s): C. Small (BirdLife International)

9. Fishing cruise of the Russian trawler Zakhar Sorokin to the Antarctic (Subarea 48.3) from 16 February to 10 March 1999

   were done and 264,921 t of icefish were caught. 86% of catch were taken from 28 February to 3 March on ... the nothwestern slope of the South Georgia Island, where icefish fed actively on Antarctic krill and ... hour and 57 t per day of fishing. Icefish 27-33 cm long were the basis of catches. Total catch of other ... fish species constituted 9,171 t. Due to opinion of the captain of a Russian vessel and Russian ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/57 : Author(s): V.L. Senioukov and P.N. Kochkin (Russia)

10. INFORMATION ON SPAWNING AND FECUNDITY OF ICEFISH CHIONOBATHYSCUS DEWITTI

    Abstract:  On the basis of the analysis of the biological material collected by one of the authors ... during fishery for Antarctic toothfish from 2002 till 2008 on different grounds of the Antarctic Zone ... spawning period of deep-water icefish Chionobathyscus dewitti during spring-and-summer period of the ... southern hemisphere. Higher numbers of individuals in prespawning and spawning state were noted on ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/13 : Author(s): V. Prutko and D. Chmilevsky (Russia)

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