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Alternative methods for determining subarea or local area catch limits for krill in Statistical Area 48
local areas. Nine alternative methods of determining subarea or local area krill catch limits are ... considered, 2) the cost of data collection, 3) the reliability of required information, 4) the ease of ... alternative. The probability of adverse impact on dependent species is minimized when a high amount of ... models include large amounts of biological information, but may not be practical in the near future ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-92/16 : Author(s): G. Watters and R.P. Hewitt (USA)
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CCAMLR and seabirds in the Antarctic marine ecosystem
Abstract: This paper outlines the experiences of the 24-nation Commission for the Conservation of ... Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in dealing with incidental mortality of seabirds (particularly ... albatrosses and petrels) during fishing in the Area for which it is responsible. Details of various mitigation ... measures are provided and the effect of such measures is evaluated. Author(s): Secretariat Title: CCAMLR ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIII/BG/23 : Author(s): Secretariat
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REPORT ON AUSTRALIAN VMS TRIAL IN THE CCAMLR AREA
Abstract: This paper describes the trial of VMS equipment on Australian licensed fishing vessels ... individual fishers are detailed, together with the operational costs of VMS equipment. A range of conclusions ... fishing activities of its vessels and that VMS offers a range of capabilities that cannot be readily ... to CCAMLR objectives. Author(s): Delegation of Australia Title: REPORT ON AUSTRALIAN VMS TRIAL IN ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVI/BG/7 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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Steepness for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) based on life history
Abstract: Although steepness is typically considered a convenient re-parametrization of a stock ... -recruitment relationship, it is deeply rooted in the biology of each species. Furthermore, specifying ... points that are commonly used in fisheries management. Thus, one cannot pick an arbitrary value of ... steepness in a stock assessment. We take the first step towards a consistent treatment of steepness for ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/32 : Author(s): M. Mangel, J. Brodziak and G.M. Watters (USA)
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ADÉLIE PENGUIN SURVIVAL: AGE STRUCTURE, TEMPORAL VARIABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
Abstract: The driving factors of survival, a key demographic process, have been particularly ... what environmental features they are most likely to respond to. Here we examine the influence of ... environmental fluctuations, broad climatic conditions and the success of the breeding season prior to winter on ... annual survival of an Adélie penguin population using mark-recapture models based on penguin tag and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/P4 : Author(s): L. Emmerson and C. Southwell
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Progress report on the Australian Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project to develop robust assessment methods and harvest strategies for spatially complex, multi-jurisdictional toothfish fisheries in the Southern Ocean
spatial characteristics of current and historical fishing by France and Australia, and the underlying ... distribution, abundance and movement of toothfish on the Kerguelen Plateau, to enable complementary harvest ... to assist assessing other spatially structured fisheries. We provide (1) an outline of the project ... objectives, and report progress on; 2) Modelling the spatial distribution of toothfish by their median length ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/37 : Author(s): P. Burch, C. Péron, D. Welsford, P. Ziegler, T. Lamb, T. Robertson (Australia), G. Duhamel, N. Gasco, P. Pruvost, C. Chazeau and R. Sinègre (France)
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Report on fish by-catch during research fishing activities in Division 58.4.4b between 2008 and 2018
Abstract: We report on objective 3 “Investigate population structure of bycatch species and ... inform bycatch mitigation measures” of the ongoing research plan on Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus ... bycatch patterns, spatial distribution and biological parameters of the main bycatch species. Macrourus ... bycatch on longlines. Results from both captain declaration and observer reports showed strong effects of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/53 : Author(s): C. Péron, C. Chazeau, N. Gasco and F. Massiot-Granier
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Proposal for GEF (Global Environment Facility) funding to support capacity building and training to the GEF-eligible countries with Antarctic interests
potential physical and ecological degradation and destabilisation from the effects of climate change ... invasive species as a result of human visits (vessels, scientists etc) as well as with changing ecosystem ... conditions resulting from climate change; Improving understanding of fishing effort and identification of ... overfishing of target species and associated or species dependent on the same ecosystem taken in Antarctic and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/44 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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Practical options for developing feedback management for the krill fishery in Subarea 48.2
might facilitate the development of feedback management procedures for the krill fishery in Area 48. In ... reviewing the state of ecological knowledge for Subarea 48.2, we conclude that movement towards Stage 2 (in ... the Staged approach advocated by WG-EMM) is highly improbable based on the current level of ... knowledge base, but that this will take time, especially in the context of climate change. We suggest that ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/04 : Author(s): P. Trathan (United Kingdom), M. Santos (Argentina) and O.R. Godø (Norway)
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The CCAMLR Decision Rule, strengths and weaknesses
ecosystem-based fisheries management, the implications of climate change should be considered by its working ... groups. The robustness of CCAMLR’s tothfish management protocol, based on the Decision Rule, is evaluated ... precautionary, as is appropriate for the management of deep-water Antarctic species and is shown to be robust to ... changes in the fishery- stock interactions. However, the robustness of the Decision Rule, to potential ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-38/15 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom