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Update on the Top Predator Alliance project, 2013–14 season: Killer whales
affected by the removal of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni; ‘toothfish’) in the Ross Sea region ... . However, extreme paucity of information about the diet of TCKW, and uncertainty regarding the degree of ... fishery to TCKW and other marine mammals and (b) mitigate potential risk by implementation of management ... recorded during 5 of 8 helicopter flights. For 3 of these observations, the prey was identifiable as ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/52 : Author(s): R. Eisert, M.H. Pinkerton (New Zealand), L. Torres (USA), R.J.C. Currey, P.H. Ensor, E.N. Ovsyanikova, I.N. Visser (New Zealand) and O.T. Oftedal (USA)
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Informative approaches to ageing Antarctic fishes
Abstract: Two concepts can be examined when studying the age of Antarctic fishes. Age can be ... considered in terms of the passage of time (chronological age), and it can also be examined as ' ... ;physiological time'. In this regard otoliths and post-mitotic tissues may contain a large amount of ... examination of otoliths by light and scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) methodology demonstrated that rhythmic ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR/86/FA/07 : Author(s): R.L. Radtke and K.T. Hill (USA)
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Krill fishery report: 2007 update
for krill in Area 48 in the 2006/07 season, and these vessels have taken 61876 t of krill to date. Two ... CCAMLR scientific observers have been deployed. The preliminary estimate of the total catch of krill for ... the season is approximately 111746 t. This compares with 106589 t of krill reported in the STATLANT ... data for 2005/06. With the exception of Korea and Poland, all Contracting Parties have submitted ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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REPORT ON THE ABANDONED GILLNET RETRIEVAL OPERATION CONDUCTED BY AUSTRALIA IN CCAMLR STATISTICAL DIVISION 58.4.3B (BANZARE BANK)
gillnets as a fishing method to target toothfish in the Convention area. Estimating the impact of IUU ... fishing is hampered by a lack of data on the design, deployment, catch and bycatch rates of gill nets ... (Statistical Division 58.4.3b), and the toothfish and bycatch found when a section of the gillnet was retrieved ... . Based on the amount of toothfish found in the 8 km long section of net retrieved, upwards of 29 tonnes ...
Meeting Document : TASO-09/10 : Author(s): Snowdon, D., Hamill, J., McEachan, F., Welsford, D.
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REVISED RESEARCH PLAN FOR TOOTHFISH IN DIVISION 58.4.4A and B BY SHINSEI MARU NO. 3 IN 2009/10
status and biological characteristics of Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.4.4 a & b has been revised ... according to the recommendations of the working group. The working group recommended the consecutive ... research focusing on tagging program for a period of 3-5 years to estimate current stock size accurately ... division that includes 4 SSRUs, taking into account the conservative exploitation rate (less than 3.8 % of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/12 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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Broadbandwidth sound scattering and absorption from krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), Mysids (Praunus flexuousus and Neomysis integer) and shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Abstract: Sound scattering and absorption measurements were made of Northern krill ... (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) over the acoustical bandwidth of 30 to 210 kHz and compared to similar scattering ... measurements made of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba; Demer and Conti, 2003a). The measurements of total ... total target strengths (TTS) of crustaceans with markedly different shapes (i.e. Mysidacea, a mix of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/40 : Author(s): S.G. Conti, D.A. Demer (USA) and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)
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Precautionary measures for a new fishery on Martialia hyadesi (Cephalopoda, Ommastrephidae) in the Scotia Sea: an ecological approach
Abstract: In anticipation of the development of a new fishery for the oceanic squid Martialia ... hyadesi in the Scotia Sea a revision is presented of annual consumption of the species by higher predators ... and a brief review is provided of information about the life cycle and distribution obtained from ... 245,000 tonnes compared with an upper estimate of 550,000 tonnes if less reliable data are included. M ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/20 : Author(s): Rodhouse, P.G.
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KRILL FISHERY REPORT: 2011 UPDATE
of which has been taken from Subarea 48.2 between February and May. Approximately 55% of the catch ... has been taken by two vessels using the continuous fishing system. The forecast total catch of krill ... and reported a total catch of 211974 t; three vessels used the continuous fishing system. For the ... first time, the catches of krill approached the apportioned limit for Subarea 48.1 (25% of the trigger ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Developing the Secretariat’s data management systems
administrative work of the Commission and Scientific Committee. These systems are being redeveloped as part of a ... long-term program of work which started in 2013. The work has focused on the development of structural ... and data elements of the enterprise data model, data warehouse, quality assurance, reference data ... , data extracts and metadata, and the appraisal of candidate systems for automated loading of, and ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXV/BG/25 Rev. 1 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Marine debris: a persistent and emerging threat to antarctic ecosystems
Ocean; however it remains a persistent threat. Current understanding of the distribution and impacts of ... , and that they are from local and international sources. Knowledge of the impacts of debris ... , particularly microplastics, in Antarctic ecosystems is understudied. Combatting the problem of microplastics in ... System bodies, notably the CEP, introducing new mechanisms instruments to mitigate local sources of ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC