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1. Results of an acoustic investigation of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, biomass-density in the Elephant Island area in January/February 2001

   to Feb 4th 2001 are presented. Data were collected with a SIMRAD EK60 Scientific Echo Sounder ... density of 15.32 g/m2 and a standing stock (B0) of 1.7 million tonnes were estimated for the entire area ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/30 : Author(s): M.A. Thomasson (Sweden), J.H. Emery (USA), J. Rademan (South Africa), R.P. Hewitt (USA) and B.I. Bergström (Sweden)

2. Evidence to support the annual formation of growth zones in otoliths of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   , and 46 cm TL, respectively. These estimates agree with growth curves calculated previously from a ... the otoliths of D. mawsoni appears to be a valid method for determining the age of this species ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/33 : Author(s): P.L. Horn, C.P. Sutton (New Zealand) and A.L. DeVries (USA)

3. Poor breeding success of the Adélie penguin at Béchervaise Island in the 1998/99 season

   Island during 1998-99, a season of high chick mortality. One thousand nests perished in the three weeks ... following first hatch, when the chicks were very small. A total of 802 chicks reached crèche age from 1880 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/25 : Author(s): L. Irvine, J.R. Clarke and K.R. Kerry (Australia)

4. Interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem: biological and physical sources of variation in the abundance of krill

   Abstract:  Interannual variability is a characteristic feature of the Southern Ocean ecosystem yet ... . There is now extensive evidence that there are years when there is a very low abundance of Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : WS-AREA 48-98/8 : Author(s): E.J. Murphy, J.L. Watkins, K. Reid, P.N. Trathan, I. Everson, J.P. Croxall, J. Priddle, M.A. Brandon, A.S. Brierley (UK) and E. Hofman (USA)

5. Review of activities in monitoring marine debris in the CAMLR Convention Area

   in 2010.   The reported hook loss from the longline catch and effort data shows that while it is a ... small percentage of the total hook set, it is a considerable amount of gear that is lost in the water ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-11/04 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat

6. USING GENETIC CONNECTIVITY TO IDENTIFY VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (VMES) IN ANTARCTICA – THE ISSUE OF SCALE

   facilitated by distance and deep-water barriers. A number of organisms exhibited genetic homogeneity within ... Antarctic Peninsula, where the Bransfield Strait may represent a distinct region. If representative ...

   Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/06 : Author(s): Wilson, N.G.

7. Implanted identification tags in penguins: implantation methods, tag reliability and long-term effects (draft version)

   Abstract:  Subcutaneously implanted passive transponder tags have proved to be a reliable way of ... a slimy biofilm harbouring potentially pathogenic organisms incorporated at the time of implantation ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-Methods-96/08 : Author(s): Kerry, K., Clarke, J.

8. Temporal variability in Antarctic marine ecosystems: periodic fluctuations in the phocid seals

   behavior when demodulated at a period of 5 yr. The Weddell seals were generally in phase with the SOI since ... thereafter the SOI series led the leopard seal series by about one quarter of a cycle. The crabeater series ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-91/13 : Author(s): J.W. Testa, G. Oehlert, D.G. Ainley, J.L. Bengtson, D.B. Siniff, R.M. Laws and D. Rounsevell (USA)

9. Distribution of Antarctic krill concentrations exploited by Japanese krill trawlers and minke whates

   latitudinal position and shape of the pack-ice edge. Harvesting was frequently conducted in the vicinity of a ... around a bank on the Ross Sea shelf is suggested on the basis of extreme high concentration of minke ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/31 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

10. Deployment of research hauls in the exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Subareas 48.6 and 58.4 in 2009/10

    fished in these exploratory fisheries in 2009/10, and had deployed a total of 129 research hauls in ... research fishing protocol. Three types of difficulties and/or limitations were evident: a) Sea-ice along ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/04 : Author(s): Secretariat

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