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1. Characterising catch and effort from data-poor toothfish fisheries in CCAMLR Divisions 58.4.3 – 58.4.4

   Abstract:  A  preliminary characterisation of available fishing information regarding catches and ... 2012. During this period, a total of 9 countries registered fishing operations in which 1811 sets were ... recorded (79.3\% 58.4.3; 20.7\% 58.4.4) accounting of 1605 tons of toothfish. Division 58.4.3b (Banzare ... Bank) accumulated the highest proportion of allocated effort in which a total of 948 sets (52\%) were ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/41 : Author(s): J.C. Quiroz, R. Wiff (Chile) and P. Martinez (Argentina)

2. Progressing towards responsible, science-based and highly precautionary krill fisheries management

   Abstract:  Improving the management of the krill fishery is a key priority for ASOC. In this paper ... , we recommend several key actions that CCAMLR should take to ensure that management of the krill ... fishery remains highly precautionary and protects the needs of the full range of krill predators ... decision-making frameworks in a workshop, implementing these approaches before the expiry of CM 51-07, and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/31 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

3. VARIABILITY IN KRILL BIOMASS LINKS HARVESTING AND CLIMATE WARMING TO PENGUIN POPULATION CHANGES IN ANTARCTICA

   populations, many of which were nearly extirpated by humans. This region is also among the fastest-warming ... . One hypothesis guiding ecological interpretations of changes in top predator populations in this ... declines in “ice-loving” species by decreasing their winter habitat, while populations of “ice-avoiding ... ” species have increased. However, 30 y of field studies and recent surveys of penguins throughout the WAP ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/P1 : Author(s): W.Z. Trivelpiece, J.T. Hinke, A.K. Miller, C.S. Reiss, S.G. Trivelpiece and G.M. Watters

4. Candidate baseline data for ecosystem indicators in the Ross Sea region

   achieving its objectives. It may be helpful to have an agreed set of baseline data for key species which ... indicate the current status of marine ecosystems in the Ross Sea region. These data could then be used as ... Committee (Dunn et al. 2017). The candidate baseline data include estimates of the number of nesting pairs ... of Adélie and emperor penguins per MPA zone, region-wide estimates of the number of Weddell seals and ...

   Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/02 : Author(s): A. Dahood and G.M. Watters

5. Identifying marine protected areas (MPAs) in data-poor regions to conserve biodiversity and to monitor ecosystem change: an Antarctic case study

   representative system of marine protected areas (RSMPA) for the purposes of long-term conservation of marine ... in the long term.  We elaborate a procedure that would satisfy the first stage of identifying a RSMPA ... direct interference of human activities. The procedure is based on the principles of systematic ... conservation planning. The first step involves the identification of ecologically-separated provinces along ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/05 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, B. Raymond, S. Doust, D. Welsford (Australia), P. Koubbi (France) and A.L. Post (Australia)

6. Habitat partitioning in Antarctic krill: spawning hotspots and nursery areas

   fishery. Within this sector, our first goal was to produce quantitative distribution maps of all six ... ontogenetic life stages of krill (eggs, nauplii plus metanauplii, calyptopes, furcilia, juveniles, and adults ... ), based on a compilation of all available post 1970s data. Using these maps, we then examined firstly ... whether “hotspots” of egg production and early stage nursery occurred, and secondly whether the available ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/20 : Author(s): F. Perry, A. Atkinson, S.F. Sailley, G.A. Tarling, S.L. Hill, C.H. Lucas and D.J. Mayor

7. Evaluating MPA scenarios in Planning Domain 1 using a dynamic food-web model

   Abstract:  We describe a spatially and temporally dynamic food-web model of the region surrounding ... the Western Antarctic Peninsula that can be used to evaluate the potential impacts of various marine ... protected area (MPA) scenarios. We evaluate four MPA scenarios, including two representing portions of the ... General Protection Zone presented by the Delegations of Argentina and Chile (SC-CAMLR- XXXVI/18). Our ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

8. A note on relating krill CPUE measures to abundance trends

   Abstract:  A crude mathematical framework is developed to describe krill abundance in terms of ... selected parameters of various aggregation behaviours exhibited by krill (Euphausia superba Dana). The ... relationship of combinations of these parameters to various possible measures of catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE ... ) for the Antarctic krill fishery is considered. The combined index of catch-per-hour of trawling ...

   Meeting Document : WS-KCPUE-85/03 : Author(s): D.G.M. Miller and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

9. Proposal for a CCAMLR Science Special Volume

   . However, in recent years there has been a decrease in the number of papers submitted to CCAMLR Science for ... recommendation made by the Scientific Committee, and that the creation of marine protected areas (MPA) in the ... Area of the Convention have become one of the main issues currently debated in CCAMLR, Argentina and ... Chile propose the publication of a special volume of CCAMLR Science, addressing the issue of CCAMLR MPAs ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/16 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

10. Monitoring, control and surveillance undertaken by Chile during 2018/19 season

    Abstract:  In compliance with the commitments undertaken within the framework of the Commission ... for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the State of Chile conducts ... Fishing Inspection Operations in the area of the Convention. Every year, the Second Commanders of Navy ... inspections to fishing vessels to the South of the 60 th parallel with the aim to verify the effective ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-38/BG/29 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

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