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1. Commercial fishing vessel as research vessels in the Antarctic – requirements and solutions exemplified with a new vessel

   Abstract:  The climate-induced changes presently seen in the ecosystems of Antarctic region ... require a precautionary approach with respect to the human use of these ecosystems. In particular ... impacts on the harvested stocks as well as the associated ecosystem. Due to the vastness and remoteness of ... the Antarctic region research vessel capacity is not readily available for conventional coverage of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/15 : Author(s): O.R. Godø (Norway), C. Reiss (USA), V. Siegel (Germany) and J.L. Watkins (United Kingdom)

2. Progress report on the research fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 being jointly undertaken by Japan and South Africa: 2012/13 and 2013/14

   reported and achievements for the first two months of the 2013/14 season are briefly mentioned. Over the ... first 14 months of the Research fishery a total of 318 Dissostichus eleganoides and 1660 D. mawsoni have ... been tagged and released, and 31 tagged toothfish have been recaptured. Even though almost 50% of the ... toothfish could be recaptured by the end of the current season to enable a tag-based assessment of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/10 : Author(s): R. Leslie (South Africa), K. Taki, T. Ichii (Japan) and S. Somhlaba (South Africa)

3. Towards a new method for age determination in Antarctic krill, and evidence that krill shrink under natural conditions

   maintained in conditions of low food availability. Recent studies have also demonstrated that E. superba ... -length and the crystalline cone number of the compound eye was examined. Samples collected in the late ... be a more reliable indicator of age than body-length alone. The ratio of crystalline cone number to ... body-length offers a method for detecting the effect of shrinking in natural populations of krill. On ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/17 : Author(s): W. de la Mare (Australia)

4. New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage

   March 2015. The main purpose of the New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage (TAN1502) was to ... undertake ecological studies of Ross Sea marine foodwebs of importance to top predators. The work was ... centred on the feeding areas of cetaceans, primarily blue whales and humpback whales, and in the Ross Sea ... using passive acoustics and visual observations. Observations of prey species were collected with ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/56 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)

5. Monitoring fishing in vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the CAMLR Convention Area

   Abstract:  CCAMLR has established a comprehensive set of conservation measures to prevent ... significant adverse effects of fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). The United States undertook a ... and in relevant VMEs as a step toward reviewing the effectiveness of relevant conservation measures in ... longline fishing gear was set inside a VME Risk Area. These findings raise questions about the level of ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/19 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

6. The Antarctic toothfish: how common a prey for Weddell seals?

   Abstract:  Reported herein are observations of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) feeding on ... . In addition to past reports of isolated toothfish captures, the frequency of these observations and ... the quantity of toothfish captured lead us to suggest that this species is a significant prey item for ... Weddell seals, and that the recent development of a toothfish fishery in the Ross Sea may have broader ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P4 : Author(s): P.J. Ponganis and T.K. Stockard (USA)

7. The UK fish stock assessment survey bottom trawl for South Georgia

   Abstract:  Criteria for the choice of a trawl for demersal fish surveys are discussed. Details of ... the construction and performance of the 120 Bolt Rope Bottom Trawl used during the recent fish stock ... of the trawl is similar to the Polish P32/36 survey trawl used on the Profesor Siedlecki surveys ... around South Georgia between 1986/87 and 1988/89. The importance of reducing the variability of trawl ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-91/16 : Author(s): G. Parkes (United Kingdom)

8. Managing fishing vessels

   the management of fishing vessels operating in the Southern Ocean. It identifies that currently a ... piecemeal approach has been taken to the management of the safety and environmental impact of fishing ... vessels resulting in an ad hoc patchwork of regulation. The paper identifies a new opportunity for review ... , amendment, improvement and consolidation of the existing framework through the development of a mandatory ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/22 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

9. Automated data processing using Echoview

   Abstract:  Increasing volumes of acoustic data are being collected which necessitates a ... reappraisal of many of the current methods for data processing and analysis.  For some acoustic data sets ... manual processing is no longer an option; the large size of the data set is preventing analysis.  This ... document provides an overview of an automated procedure for processing acoustic data that is illustrated ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-15/01 : Author(s): M.J. Cox (Australia), G. Skaret (Norway), L.-M.K. Harrison and R. Harcourt (Australia)

10. Research and monitoring to support an MPA in the Ross Sea Region

    research pursuant to the specific objectives of the MPA; (b) other research consistent with the specific ... objectives of the MPA; and/or (c) monitoring of the degree to which the specific objectives of the MPA are ... seek comments from the WG-EMM both on the contents and structure of our draft.  Indeed, this draft ... developing such plans.  Although our draft is developed from the perspective of supporting an MPA like that ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/46 : Author(s): G.M. Watters and C.S. Reiss (USA)

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