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1. Large-scale oceanographic fluctuations drive Antarctic petrel survival and reproduction

   predators forage over large areas, these indirect e ects may be associated with large-scale patterns of ... literature review, combined with the results from our eld study, suggests that while the anticipated trends ... climate variability. Using global climate indices that are known to impact the Southern Ocean ecosystem ... that most of the variation in both reproductive success, timing of hatching, and survival of Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/P14 : Author(s): S. Descamps, A. Tarroux, S.-H. Lorentsen, O.P. Love, Ø. Varpe and N.G. Yoccoz

2. KRILL FISHERY REPORT: 2008 UPDATE

   preliminary estimate of the total catch of krill for the season is approximately 108343 t. This compares with ... 104586 t of krill reported in the STATLANT data for 2006/07. With the exception of Poland, all ... for krill in Area 48 in the 2007/08 season, and these vessels have taken 84110 t of krill to date. The ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

3. Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming

   . Here, we show that at the South Orkney Islands where the three species breed sympatrically, the less ... chinstrap and Adélie penguins both declined. These trends occurred in parallel with regional long-term ... warming and significant reduction in sea ice extent. Periodical warm events, with teleconnections to the ... population decreases in the three penguin species. With the loss of sea ice, Adélie penguins were less ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/P3 : Author(s): J. Forcada, P.N. Trathan, K. Reid, E.J. Murphy and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)

4. Workshop Report – The Ross Sea: Science, Policy and the Public in a Pristine Marine Ecosystemt

   will be the last stretch of ocean on Earth, perhaps within the current century, that will embrace a ... , coincide closely with the criteria agreed to by the UN Convention for Biological Diversity to identify ... Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas. Information revealed at the workshop indicated that the Ross ... Sea: on the basis that its northwestern shelf was an unglaciated refuge during recent glacial maxima ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/14 : Author(s): J. Weller and D.G. Ainley (USA)

5. Evaluation of some processing techniques applied to acoustic recordings from two krill fishing vessels

   . Here we show examples of processing with a prerequisite that abundance and distribution of krill are ... of unwanted backscatter, but could be dealt with adequately using different noise removal techniques ... data can be made. Procedures for data processing have not yet been addressed in detail within CCAMLR ... our main interest, and that data of interest include both those collected during fishing operations ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-17/03 : Author(s): X. Wang, G. Skaret and O.R. Godø

6. A PROPOSAL TO AMEND CONSERVATION MEASURE 24-01: THE APPLICATION OF CONSERVATION MEASURES TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

   agreement that Conservation Measure 24-01 should be reviewed to ensure that it is consistent with its ... intended purpose. Furthermore, SC-CAMLR agreed that if surveys are to be approved under this measure, they ... must provide a reasonable certainty that the state of knowledge will be advanced, and as such all ... review. Noting the recommendations of SC-CAMLR Australia proposes that revisions be made to Conservation ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/34 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

7. Modelling the impact of krill fishing on seal and penguin colonies

   spatial modelling framework that could be used to couple flux estimates with estimates of removals by both ... ) are necessary given that there is a flux of krill through this region with its islands habited by ... features with the Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem in that there is a substantial advective flux of either ... with the foraging area of land-based predators such as seals and penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/14 : Author(s): É.E. Plagányi and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

8. 2007 assessment of the toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) resource in the Prince Edward Islands vicinity

   terms of spawning biomass. It is suggested that it would be prudent to restrict annual legal catches to ... Butterworth (2006) that permitted annual fluctuations about a deterministic stock-recruitment relationship is ... updated to take account of further catch, GLM standardised CPUE and catch-at-length information that has ... data from a pot fishery that operated in 2004 and 2005. Biological parameter values adopted for Subarea ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/34 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A. Brandão and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

9. A RISK ASSESSMENT TO ADVISE ON STRATEGIES FOR SUBDIVIDING A PRECAUTIONARY CATCH LIMIT AMONG SMALL-SCALE MANAGEMENT UNITS DURING STAGE 1 OF THE STAGED DEVELOPMENT OF THE KRILL FISHERY IN SUBAREAS 48.1, 48.2, AND 48.3.

   that catches can be highest and relatively less variable in pelagic SSMUs, the risks that krill ... -level quotas that would be allocated to each SSMU given the subdivisions reported here. Implementation ... will be reduced to 75% or less of the abundances that might occur in the absence of fishing. In fact ... . (2008) to assess the risks and tradeoffs associated with various management strategies for subdividing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/30 : Author(s): G.M. Watters, J.T. Hinke (USA) and S. Hill (United Kingdom)

10. RECENT TRENDS IN NUMBERS OF CROZET SHAGS BREEDING AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS

    between the summers of 2001/02 and 2008/09. In 2008/09, some 600 pairs of Crozet shags were breeding ... between the summers of 2001/02 and 2008/09. In 2008/09, some 600 pairs of Crozet shags were breeding ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P2 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, P.G. Ryan, B.M. Dyer and L. Upfold

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