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1. A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2006/07

   the second highest on record with a total of 3431 t against a combined catch limit of 3579 t. The ... management of the SSRUs within the two subareas was changed for the 2006 season as part of a 3-year ... there was a large overrun of the catch limit in the North region, the overall catch limit for Subarea ... truncation of the overall length frequency distribution, and no evidence for a reduction in fish length in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/28 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

2. Non-native Species in the Antarctic: Report of a Workshop

   Abstract:  Worldwide, invasive alien species are contributing to a global biodiversity crisis. In ... Hyas araneus. It is no longer possible to regard Antarctica’s isolation and harsh climate as a natural ... activity, as well as a changing, more benign climate (particularly on the Antarctic Peninsula) mean that ... risks and begin to consider actions to address them, New Zealand hosted a workshop on non-native species ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/21 : Author(s): Delegation of New Zealand

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

   , and that its fauna, especially its notothenioid fish, now comprise a unique evolutionary radiation on ... will be the last stretch of ocean on Earth, perhaps within the current century, that will embrace a ... Hemisphere, including its a) geologic history, geophysical characteristics, and characterization of its ... iceberg scour events; and f) a paradoxical (in today’s world) low level of zooplankton abundance in the ...

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

4. An update of the ageing program for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) at the Australian Antarctic Division, including a summary of new data available for the Integrated Stock Assessment for the Heard Island and the McDonald Islands fishery (Division 58.5.2)

   ) otoliths from the Heard Island and McDonald Islands fishery. With the reinitiation of this program a number ... age. These changes have contributed to increased efficiency within the program, with a greater ... capacity for ageing and at a lower cost per otolith. Greatest efficiency gains have been made in the ... control and reporting procedures, which are now largely automated using R. A key part of quality assurance ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/45 : Author(s): B.M. Farmer, E.J. Woodcock and D.C. Welsford (Australia)

5. 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

   ) the scientific background and justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in ... , Annex 6), this was done in three separate documents (Part A-C). WG-EMM-16/01 (Part A) sets out the ... development of the objectives and finally of the borders for the WSMPA. Earlier versions of Parts A-C were ... necessary foundation for developing a WSMPA proposal (SC-CAMLR-XXXIV, § 5.11). Here, the authors present to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/02 : Author(s): K. Teschke, H. Pehlke and T. Brey on behalf of the German Weddell Sea MPA (WSMPA) project team, with contributions from the participants at the International Expert Workshop on the WSMPA project (7–9 April 2014, Bremerhaven)

6. 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 ... . This study employs systematic conservation planning methods to delineate a MPA within the EEZ that will ... , benthic habitats and ecosystem processes, we used C-Plan software to delineate a MPA with three management ...

   Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/P1 : Author(s): Lombard, A.T., B. Reyers, L.Y. Schonegevel, J. Cooper, L.B. Smith-Adao, D.C. Nel, P.W. Froneman, I.J. Ansorge, M.N. Bester, C.A. Tosh, T. Strauss, T. Akkers, O. Gon, R.W. Leslie and S.L. Chown

7. A tale of two islands: contrasting fortunes for sub-Antarctic skuas at the Prince Edward Islands

   -Antarctic islands, and can be used to monitor the health of burrowing petrel populations. A survey of skuas ... at the Prince Edward Islands was conducted during December 2008, repeating a previous survey in ... (290 km 2) had a feral population of cats from the 1950s to 1980s, and still supports a large ... of breeding pairs at Prince Edward Island increased from 2001 to 2008, probably as a result of better ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P03 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan, P.A. Whittington and R.J.M. Crawford

8. A proposal to review and strengthen the CCAMLR System of Inspection

   Abstract:  The CCAMLR System of Inspection was adopted in 1988 at a time when few such schemes ... Commission has progressively adopted a wide range of stronger and innovative conservation measures to combat ... in the case of a suspected breach of measures in force;? providing an ability to promptly or ... immediately stop a CCAMLR Contracting Party-flagged vessel that is found to be in breach of a CCAMLR ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVI/29 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

9. Seabird and longline interactions: effects of a bird-scaring streamer line and line shooter on the incidental capture of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis

   and reduced gear efficiency. The potential for solving these problems by using a bird-scaring streamer ... line and a line shooter was investigated in commercial longlining in the northern Atlantic off the ... mitigation measures, a combination of both and no mitigation measure. A total of 58,420 hooks were set in ... each of the four treatments. No birds were caught using the bird-scaring line alone and a single fulmar ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/78 : Author(s): S. Løkkeborg (Norway) and G. Robertson (Australia)

10. In situ target strength measurements of Antarctic zooplankton (Euphausia superba and Salpa thompsoni) at 120 khz and 200 khz, corroboration of scattering models, and a statistical technique for delineating species

    (Euphausia superba and Salpa thompsoni) at 120 kHz and 200 kHz. Concurrently, a two meter Isaacs-Kidd ... both species. The individual TS measurements were collected at 120 kHz with a split-beam echosounder ... and a single-target detection algorithm. Because the two transducers were essentially collocated ... a fluid sphere model [V.C. Anderson, J.Acoust. Soc. Am. 22:426-431 (1950)]; presumably, predominant ...

    Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/12 : Author(s): D.A. Demer and R.P. Hewitt (USA)

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