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Records of entangled birds at Marion Island 1986 to 1995
Abstract: Six records of entanglements of six species of birds from 1986 to 1994 at sub-Antarctic ... ): Delegation of South Africa Title: Records of entangled birds at Marion Island 1986 to 1995 Approval ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIV/BG/18 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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Comparison of census methods for black-browed albatrosses breeding at the Ildefonso Archipelago, Chile
Abstract: Although a breeding population of black-browed albatrosses has been known to exist at ... pairs of black-browed albatrosses bred at the Ildefonso archipelago. After the Falkland Islands/Malvinas ... scientifically defendable methods. To estimate population size, and examine the accuracy and practicality of ... , South Georgia and Diego Ramirez, the Ildefonso Archipelago holds the fourth largest population of black ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/12 : Author(s): G. Robertson, K. Lawton (Australia), C.A. Moreno (Chile), R. Kirkwood (Australia) and J. Valencia (Chile)
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 1996 winter and 1996/97 pup-rearing season
Abstract: The results of the survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... discouraging and fishing vessels are the only likely source of debris at this time. The evidence of continued ... usual most (88%) entanglements were of juveniles; however one-third were of females, an unusually high ... entangling materials, with the abundance of string and fishing net reversed from most previous years. In ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/06 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus on Cape gannets Morus capensis at Malgas Island, Western Cape, South Africa
000 in 2005/06. This amounted to about 29%, 83% and 57% of the overall production of fledglings at the ... increase in the seal population and altered management of the islands. At Malgas Island, most gannet ... sustainable. There was a 25% reduction in the size of the colony, the second largest of only six extant Cape ... . Author(s): A.B. Makhado, R.J.M. Crawford and L.G. Underhill (South Africa) Title: Impact of predation ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/9 : Author(s): A.B. Makhado, R.J.M. Crawford and L.G. Underhill (South Africa)
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Report on attendance at the Fourth Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection Under the Madrid Protocol
. Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee Title: Report on attendance at the Fourth Meeting ... Abstract: This report outlines the participation of the SC-CAMLR Chair in the Fourth Meeting of ... issues of relevance to SC-CAMLR are: (1) A report of an open-ended intersessional contact group of the ... , the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Species. The contact group will continue under a ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/03 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee
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Trends in entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at South Georgia
campaigned for compliance with the MARPOL provisions relating to waste disposal at sea, and for cutting of ... Abstract: A study conducted at South Georgia in 1988/1989 indicated that several thousand ... . Consequently, the authority responsible for the management of Southern Ocean marine resources (CCAMLR) actively ... of recording entangled fur seals confirms that entanglement is a persistent problem, although its ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XV/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) by man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2005 winter and 2005/06 breeding season
Abstract: Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... and increased effort in ensuring correct disposal of debris with the potential to entangle wildlife at ... reported here. Two entanglements were observed in the winter, a decrease of 60% from the previous year, and ... the lowest number seen since records began in 1990. One of these involved a male pup entangled in ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Population trends of albatrosses and petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island
. Population trends of wandering albatross at Marion Island were strongly correlated with other Indian Ocean ... . Crawford, J. Cooper and O. Huyser (South Africa) Title: Population trends of albatrosses and petrels at ... Abstract: We report on the population changes of five species of Procellariiform seabirds ... breeding at Marion Island: wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/11 : Author(s): D.C. Nel, P.G. Ryan, R.J.M. Crawford, J. Cooper and O. Huyser (South Africa)
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Analysis of marine debris found at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica
Abstract: In the course of demographic studies of Arctocephalus gazella conducted at Cape ... ): Delegation of Chile Title: Analysis of marine debris found at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South ... beaches was collected and transported to Santiago for analysis. The analysis of 1 346 objects collected in ... three beach surveys (plastics, glass, metal, packaging and others) showed that, on average, 91% of them ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XI/BG/07 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile
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Estimation of natural mortality using catch-at-age and aged mark-recapture data: a simulation study comparing estimation for a model based on the Baranov equations versus a new mortality equation
estimates of M when all other parameters were fixed at their simulation values. When all parameters were ... ): S.G. Candy (Australia) Title: Estimation of natural mortality using catch-at-age and aged mark ... . An alternative estimation strategy was tested using simulation whereby catch-at-age and aged mark ... -recapture data were generated for 12 years of fishing. Two alternative estimation models were programmed in ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/11 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)