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1. Longline sink rates on a bottom autoline vessel in New Zealand: draft

   Abstract:  Longline sink rates were investigated using Time Depth Recorders on a bottom autoline ... a method of accelerating line sink rate and thus avoiding incidental capture of seabirds. A new ... the middle of an unweighted longline of this design sinks to 10m in a mean time of 63.0 seconds (n ... = 11, c.v. 16.7%), compared with the start of the longline which takes a mean time 31.1 seconds (n = 11 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/51 : Author(s): N.W. McL. Smith (New Zealand)

2. A CHARACTERISATION OF THE TOOTHFISH FISHERY IN SUBAREAS 88.1 AND 88.2 FROM 1997–98 TO 2007–08

   catch was the fourth highest on record with a total of 2666 t against a combined catch limit of 3207 t ... . The management of the SSRUs within the two subareas was changed for the 2006 season as part of a 3 ... season, primarily as a result of the ice conditions. The length frequency data from the Ross Sea fishery ... overall length frequency distribution, and no evidence for a reduction in fish length in any SSRU over ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/22 : Author(s): M.L. Stevenson, S.M. Hanchet and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

3. Science supporting the joint New Zealand–United States proposal for the establishment of a marine protected area in the Ross Sea Region

   Abstract:  The Commission has asked the Scientific Committee to review the science supporting a ... joint New Zealand-United States proposal to establish a marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea ... Region (RSR).  A substantial amount of material has already been presented to the Scientific Committee ... continental slope, the Balleny Islands and vicinity, and the northern RSR.  A set of maps (provided in an ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-IM-I/08 : Author(s): Delegations of the USA and New Zealand

4. Further development of a spatially explicit population dynamics operating model for Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea region

   model for Antarctic toothfish over the entire Ross Sea region, for a medium scale spatial resolution ... (189 spatial cells) covering the Ross Sea region. The model was developed as a generalised Bayesian ... population dynamics model implemented using the Spatial Population Model software (SPM), and a single sex age ... also recommend a survey of the assumed spawning grounds during winter, and the controlled collection of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/35 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn, S. Parker and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)

5. Key considerations for planning a large-scale krill survey

   ) might also play a role in the future management of the krill fishery. Such surveys provide an indication ... scientific working groups. We identify the key components of a large-scale survey and the key technical and ... resource issues that must be addressed. We suggest that CCAMLR’s working groups should establish a process ... important in the future management of the krill fishery. The design of the CCAMLR 2000 survey might be a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/27 : Author(s): S. Hill, J. Watkins (United Kingdom), O.R. Godø (Norway), S. Kawaguchi (Australia), D. Kinzey, C. Reiss (USA), V. Siegel (Germany), P. Trathan (United Kingdom) and G. Watters (USA)

6. Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2016 –Part B: Description of available spatial data

   background in support of the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area ... separate documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXV/BG/11 (Part A) sets out the general context of the ... the objectives and finally of the borders for the WSMPA. Earlier versions of Parts A-C were already ... necessary foundation for developing a WSMPA proposal (SC-CAMLR-XXXIV, § 5.11), which is being submitted ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXV/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany

7. Scientific contribution to the 2016 review of Conservation Measure 51-07: Part 1 – rationale, method and data for a risk assessment framework for distributing the krill trigger level

   undertaken to further develop a risk assessment approach to spatially subdivide the trigger level through an ... overall risk of localised effects on predators can also be calculated for a known or nominated ... critical times.  This paper provides the first part of a contribution to the required review of CM51-07 in ... 2016 and provides a risk assessment method for distributing the trigger level to reduce the risk of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/47 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A. Constable (on behalf of the e-group on CM 51-07 WG-EMM review)

8. Managing the Ross Sea toothfish fisheries – A response to the consultation responses (COMM CIRC 18/39)

   day, closed for 2 days, and then re-opened, a situation that was criticised by some Members. The ... Secretariat catch and effort monitoring procedure) and proposes a revised approach for catch and effort ... will follow a defined and published set of decision rules to calculate closure dates of exploratory ... have notified their intent to fish. After this time the Secretariat will transition to a projection ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/07 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

9. Conserving pattern and process in the Southern Ocean: designing a marine protected area for the Prince Edward Islands

   Abstract:  South Africa is currently proclaiming a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Exclusive ... ) contribute to a national and global representative system of MPAs; (2) serve as a scientific reference point ... petrels. This study employs systematic conservation planning methods to delineate a MPA within the EEZ ... species, benthic habitats and ecosystem processes, we used C-Plan software to delineate a MPA with three ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXV/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

10. Is our attempt to estimate biomass of Antarctic fish from a multi-species survey appropriate for all targeted species? Notothenia rossii in the Atlantic Ocean sector – revisited

    this species was one of the first conservation measures CCAMLR adopted in 1985. Fish biomass within a ... CCAMLR Subarea or part of a subarea is commonly estimated targeting a number of species including N ... violated in the case of N. rossii which shows an abundance which is extremely skewed in that a large ... acoustic survey combined with a number of identification hauls might be the most promising approach to ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/12 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock (Germany), M. Belchier (United Kingdom) and C.D. Jones (USA)

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