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1. Demography and population trends of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross

   both study populations have trended downward at around 1.2% per year. The number of established ... breeders on Gough Island has declined more rapidly, and significantly, at an annual rate of 2.3 ... Abstract:  The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) breeds only at the ... of breeding birds was strongly correlated between the two islands, and over the whole study period ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/37 : Author(s): R. Cuthbert (United Kingdom), P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper (South Africa) and G. Hilton (United Kingdom)

2. How similar are CEMP indices from adjacent locations? A case of study using Pygoscelis adeliae and P. papua monitoring data from three breeding colonies on King George Island

   Abstract:  What is the spatial scale of monitoring conducted at an individual CCAMLR Ecosystem ... species that are monitored at three sites on King George Island/Isla 25 de Mayo, within 30km of one ... another. We used five indices that fall under three main categories of census (breeders and chicks ... across sites in census data, implying similar information is being collected at all three sites. We also ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/43 : Author(s): M.M. Santos (Argentina), M. Korczak-Abshire (Poland), M.A. Juáres (Argentina), W.Z. Trivelpiece and J.T. Hinke (USA)

3. Southern Ocean Network of Acoustics (SONA)

   of scientific institutes and industrial partners who have united to measure an under-sampled component ... institutes and industrial partners who have united to measure an under-sampled component of the ecosystem ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/17 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S. Fielding (United Kingdom), E. Josse (France), R. Kloser (Australia), R. O’Driscoll (New Zealand), C. Reiss (USA) and G. Skaret (Norway)

4. Report on scientific observations onboard the Chilean longliner, ‘Puerto Ballena’, in Statistical Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996

   Abstract:  Scientific observation under the auspices of the CCAMLR Scheme of International ... Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996. Details of the cruise ... are provided. Biological investigations incorporated length, sex, maturity and weight measurements of ... D. eleginoides, the estimation of the finfish by-catch, the estimation of a conversion factor of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/22 : Author(s): Selling, J., Kock, K.-H.

5. Swimming speed and allocation of time during the dive cycle of Antarctic fur seals

   foraging at sea. Mean swimming speeds during diving ranged from 1.32 to 1.99 ms-1 and 90% of diving ... Abstract:  During sustained bouts of diving, predators like fur seals may adjust the time they ... spend diving to maximise the time they can spend foraging and minimise the time spent at the surface ... between dives. To examine this, swimming speeds and the time allocated to different parts of the dive ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/25 : Author(s): Bevan, R.M., Boyd, I.L., Reid, K.

6. Krill biomass estimates for two survey boxes to the north east and north-west of South Georgia in January 1996: the beginning of a five-year monitoring program

   at night net hauls were carried out at a location toward the centre of the previous pair of transects ... over the shelf-break to the north-east and north-west of South Georgia. Surveys were conducted from RRS ... James Clark Ross using a Simrad EK500 echo-sounder operating at 38, 120 and 200 kHz. These surveys were ... -annual variability in the abundance of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the South Georgia region ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/18 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Murray, A.W.A., Brierley, A.S.

7. The relative impacts of Autolines and Spanish longlines on vulnerable marine ecosystems

   bycatches and the amounts of positive bycatch decreased with depth, but we also found that the rate at which ... of protecting VMEs, but work comparing the effects of different gear types has been relatively ... limited.  We used data collected by the longline fishery in Subarea 88.1 to compare the impacts of ... Autolines and Spanish longlines on VME taxa.  We found that the probabilities of observing positive ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/27 : Author(s): T. Gerrodette and G. Watters (USA)

8. Estimation of the incidental capture of seabird species in commercial fisheries in New Zealand waters, 2001/02

   Abstract:  Ministry of Fisheries observers reported 851 seabird captures from observed fishing ... operations (93% dead). Observers recorded another 104 seabirds from unobserved parts of ling longline hauls ... . Observed squid (Nototodarus spp.) and hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) trawl fisheries accounted for 87% of ... (numbers of seabirds per observed fishing operation) in 2001–02, with seabirds reported caught from 26% of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/56 : Author(s): S.J. Baird (New Zealand)

9. Temporal variability in Antarctic marine ecosystems: periodic fluctuations in the phocid seals

   behavior when demodulated at a period of 5 yr. The Weddell seals were generally in phase with the SOI since ... Abstract:  Three species of seals around Antarctica have shown quasi-cyclic patterns in some ... aspect of their biology: the age structure of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) around the ... (Hydrurga leptonyx) have appeared in unusually large numbers at Macquarie Island, also at 4- to 5-yr ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-91/13 : Author(s): J.W. Testa, G. Oehlert, D.G. Ainley, J.L. Bengtson, D.B. Siniff, R.M. Laws and D. Rounsevell (USA)

10. Revised research plan for the exploratory longline fishery for Dissostichus spp. in 2015/16 in Division 58.4.3a

    during WG-FSA 2014 using the Petersen estimator at 386 tonnes. In the absence of an assessment using the ... the estimate of biomass for this division in 2015. Given this analysis estimated biomass at 419 tonnes ... to progress on the robustness of the CASAL assessment. The biomass in division 58.4.3a was estimated ... CCAMLR decision rules, the re-estimation of the geometric mean of Petersen biomass estimates is used as ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/11 : Author(s): Delegation of France

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