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1. Update on the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)

   Abstract:  The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) entered into force ... on Sunday 1 February 2004. Six countries (Australia, New Zealand, Ecuador, Spain, the Republic of ... of threatened seabirds. The first Meeting of the Parties is to be held in Hobart, Australia, on 10—12 ... November 2004. The agenda for this meeting is prescribed under Article VIII of the Agreement, and will ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/51 : Author(s): B. Baker and T. Hewitt (Australia)

2. A meta-analysis of by-catch in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery

   Abstract:  Following the recommendation of WG-FSA in 2014 the Secretariat has undertaken an ... analysis of bycatch in CCAMLR longline fisheries. The numerical target catch ratio (the number of target ... fish as a proportion of the total number of fish caught), using haul by haul data from the Ross Sea ... toothfish fishery from 2008 – 2014, was used as a single metric to examine the amount of bycatch reported by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/04 Rev. 1 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

3. Uncertainty in acoustic surveys of Antarctic krill

   estimates of74%, with confidence limits of ±55%. Author(s):  Demer, D.A. Title:  Uncertainty in acoustic ... . Compensating for these components of uncertainty resulted an increase in krill density estimates of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/72 : Author(s): Demer, D.A.

4. Towards a seabird mortality risk assessment: distribution of seabirds in the WCPFC Convention Area and potential overlap with fisheries

   Abstract:  This paper reviews the distribution of seabird species with the WCPFC Area. From a ... review of the distributions of 99 species of albatross and petrel, 16 species of albatross and 60 species ... of petrel occur within the area of the WCPFC, and are potentially vulnerable to fisheries bycatch ... . These include species with IUCN classification of Critically Endangered (n = 1), Endangered (n = 7 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/30 : Author(s): S. Waugh (New Zealand)

5. Candidate baseline data for ecosystem indicators in the Ross Sea region. Part B: Discussion of the 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 working ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

6. An ecosystem-based approach to management: using individual behaviour to predict the indirect effects of Antarctic krill fisheries on penguin foraging

   becoming increasingly prevalent, they require a fuller understanding of how individual behaviour determines ... interactions within and between species. 2. Ecological interactions involving krill are of major importance to ... many species within the Antarctic. Despite extensive knowledge of the ecosystem that they occupy, there ... is still incomplete understanding of the links between species and the effect of environmental ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/34 : Author(s): S.H. Alonzo, P.V. Switzer and M. Mangel (USA)

7. The role of fish in the Antarctic marine food web: differences between inshore and offshore waters in the southern Scotia Arc and west Antarctic Peninsula

   Abstract:  The role of fish in the Antarctic food web in inshore and offshore waters is analysed ... taking as an example the coastal marine communities of the southern Scotia Arc (South Orkney Islands and ... South Shetland Islands) and the west Antarctic Peninsula. Inshore, the ecological role of demersal fish ... is more important than that of krill. There, demersal fish are major consumers of benthos and also ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/6 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro (Argentina)

8. Preliminary standardised CPUE analysis of the New Zealand toothfish fishery in Subarea 88.1 from 1997/98 to 2001/02

   Abstract:  This report provides the first analysis of standardised catch per unit of effort (CPUE ... ), and included a number of areas that had been fished for only one season. The second (main-ground ... main area of the fishery which had been consistently fished over most seasons. For the all-ground ... analysis, variables area, season, length of line, soaktime, latitude and month in season entered the model ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/41 : Author(s): R.G. Blackwell and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

9. An assessment of Chaenocephalus aceratus and Pseudochaenichthys georgianus in Subarea 48.3

   because of a lack of reliable biological and catch data. This paper attempts to reconstruct the fishery ... for these two species by assuming that 75% of the ‘unidentified fish’ caught by the Soviet Union in ... the years 1977 to 1988 consisted of catches of C. aceratus and P. georgianus. Biological, age-length ... from surveys, and indicate that the stock of C. aceratus has decreased from 18 000 tonnes to 6 000 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-90/06 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew (Secretariat) and K.-H. Kock (Germany)

10. Modern data on parasitofauna of Dissostichus mawsoni and by-catch species from logline fishing in Antarctica

    Abstract:  Parasites are one of an integral part of any ecosystem and unfortunately knowledge ... of Antarctic circumpolar ecosystem plays its role on existence of endemic forms of animals, including ... parasites, which sometimes have unpredictably large sizes and distribution. The best example of it ... – Lophoura szidati. In this work we conclude the results of preliminary analysis of collected parasites of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/P09 : Author(s): I.I. Gordeev and S.G. Sokolov

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