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1. Defining predator foraging ranges, illustrated using Adélie penguin foraging tracks from Mawson coast

   likely to be foraged by predators from one year to the next, i.e. what is a predator’s feeding range ... taking into account interannual variation in foraging locations? This paper considers the issues to be ... addressed in answering that question. The proposed method for defining foraging ranges is based on an ... these foraging ranges for the purposes of small-scale management units may need to be examined in three ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/41 : Author(s): I.R. Ball, A.J. Constable, J. Clarke and L. Emmerson (Australia)

2. Proposal for a revision of the compliance status categories in CM 10-10

   the text of some measures that could be read in ways that allowed for differing interpretations and to ... report in accordance with the provisions of Conservation Measure 10-10. This report has facilitated the ... -compliance with some conservation measures. The report and its discussion have made it possible to clarify ... refine some measures that were in force, and have contributed to general diagnostics of compliance levels ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXV/27 : Author(s): Delegación de Chile

3. The reliability of VHF telemetry data for measuring attendance patterns of marine predators: a comparison with Time Depth Recorder data

   the retrieved datasets, 25% of the VHF data could not be interpreted with any reliability ... VHF data collected on 16 lactating Antarctic fur seals to assess onshore attendance, with concurrently ... instrument types, with VHF data overestimating attendance bout duration by approximately 8.9h on average ... , suggesting that VHF data is an inappropriate method for collecting attendance data. Modelling the raw VHF ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P05 : Author(s): A.D. Lowther, H. Ahonen, G. Hofmeyr, W.C. Oosthuizen, P.J. Nico De Bruyn, C. Lydersen and K. Kovacs

4. Prohibition of finning of sharks caught in the CAMLR Convention Area

   incidentally caught and that cannot be released alive remain naturally attached through the point of first ... 2016 annual meeting, to prohibit shark finning and require that all fins of any shark that is ... landing. This is consistent with United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions on sustainable ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/26 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European Union, Norway, South Africa, Uruguay and the USA

5. INGESTION OF FISHING GEAR AND ENTANGLEMENTS OF SEABIRDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT

   corresponding with a substantial increase in the number of multifilament snoods (gangions), suggesting that the ... of a 16 year dataset collected at Bird Island indicated that the amount of gear found in association ... with wandering albatross colonies was an order of magnitude greater than in any other species ... , reflecting their wider foraging range and larger gape. Unlike other taxa, most gear associated with grey ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-09/10 : Author(s): R.A. Phillips, C. Ridley, N. Harrison (United Kindom), K. Reid (Secretariat), G.N. Tuck (Australia) and P.J.A. Pugh (United Kingdom)

6. Report on attendance at the Fourth Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection Under the Madrid Protocol

   Wildlife provided a document that would be useful for Parties when developing or improving national ... procedures to avoid introduction of diseases in the Antarctic. It noted that the risk that human activities ... in Antarctica might introduce diseases was currently assessed to be very low; (3) The CCAMLR SC Chair ... presented a paper prepared by the Secretariat presenting CCAMLR’s experience with data management; (4) The ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/03 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee

7. Demonstrating proof of concept of the application of systematic conservation planning at the circumpolar scale

   Marxan. This report offers a proof of concept that systematic conservation planning can be applied at a ... establish meaningful protection for the unique biodiversity of the Southern Ocean. With conservation ... the remaining priority areas, and ensure that proposals arising out of individual priority areas can ... be incorporated into a whole of Southern Ocean context, while also enabling planning work to occur ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/34 : Author(s): D. Beaver, R. Nicoll, G. Llewellyn, P. Harkness, C. Hellyer and J. Turner (ASOC-WWF)

8. A proposal to enhance and clarify CCAMLR’s Catch Documentation Scheme

   efficient product traceability.  However, there are some improvements that could be made in order to clarify ... for fraud.  It has greatly enhanced the ability of Members, as well as non-Members cooperating with ... CCAMLR by participating in the CDS, to ensure that the toothfish entering their markets were harvested in ... a manner consistent with CCAMLR conservation measures.  Other organizations and arrangements seeking ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/38 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

9. White-chinned petrel incidental mortality event in the Subarea 48.3 Patagonian toothfish fishery during the season extension period in the 2013/14 season

   vessels very rarely catch seabirds. In accordance with CM 41-02, there will not be a season extension in ... for over 10 years. The circumstances associated with the event were investigated and a review of ... that was partly set after Nautical Twilight (dawn), so was in breach of CM25-02. Although the line was ... available data indicates that, while the risk of seabird mortality is slightly higher in April, autoline ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/28 : Author(s): M.A Collins, M. Soffker, C. Darby, K. Ross and P.N. Trathan (United Kingdom)

10. Ideal survey patterns: an example of using a simulated world

    criteria. The shot selection criteria can be either that locations of known good quality are preferentially ... selected or that locations are selected at random. The landscape and fishery are simulated in a spatially ... explicit Monte Carlo model and the use of such models to study these issues is considered along with their ... interest about the fished population? If and when can the catch/effort data be used as a measure of the ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/75 : Author(s): I.R. Ball and A.J. Constable (Australia)

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