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1. MULTIPLE INDICATORS SUGGEST A STRONG ECOSYSTEM ANOMALY AT SOUTH GEORGIA IN 2009

   Abstract:  The marine pelagic system around South Georgia is characterised by considerable inter ... -annual variability which is linked to large-scale climate variability, indicated and probably mediated by ... warm water inflow were followed by reduced icefish catches, a paucity of krill in icefish and penguin ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/23 : Author(s): S. Hill, M. Belchier, M. Collins, S. Fielding, E. Murphy, P. Trathan, H. Venables and C. Waluda (United Kingdom)

2. Demographic studies of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana in the Cooperation and Cosmonaut Seas (Indian sector of the Southern Ocean)

   Bertalanffy growth curves calculated for different areas are similar to those obtained by Australian ... was clearly dominated by individuals of age 4+. The coefficients of natural mortality (M) of E.superba ... in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, calculated by the methods of Alverson & Carney ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/16 : Author(s): E.A. Pakhomov (Ukraine)

3. A revised assessment of the impact of the krill fishery on penguins in the South Shetlands

   penguins was also insignificant. Furthermore, less similarity between krill caught by trawlers and those ... captured by penguins was observed. The above mentioned results imply a low level of competition between the ... 3 tonnes/half-month period) is smaller by one or more orders of magnitude within the localized areas ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/17 : Author(s): T. Ichii, M. Naganobu and T. Ogishima (Japan)

4. The State of Exploited Fish Stocks in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean in 1988

   of the 1960s by the Soviet Union mainly. Notothenia rossii marmorata was the target species in the ... 1986-88. N. rossii marmorat is the species mostly affected by the fishery. Stock size around South ... depleted by the fishery and are in need for conservation measures. P. br. guntheri is the only species for ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-88/14 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock and F.-W. Köster (FRG)

5. Ocean acidification and the Southern Ocean

   assumes “business as usual”- emissions leading to 778 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere by 2100- aragonite will ... , which assumes that atmospheric CO2 will only reach 563 ppm by 2100, the aragonite saturation horizon is ... likely to have shrunk from 730 to 60 m by 2100, with the entire Weddell Sea undersaturated with respect ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/24 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

6. Linking predator and prey behaviour: contrasts between Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins at South Georgia

   highest proportion of fish in over 20 years of routine monitoring (46% by mass; particularly the myctophid ... constrained by the need to return and feed their offspring both predator species foraged to the northwest of ... more successful at exploiting krill. When unconstrained by chick-rearing (during March) penguins ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P07 : Author(s): C.M. Waluda, M.A. Collins, A.D. Black, I.J. Staniland and P.N. Trathan

7. Foraging zones of the two sibling species of giant petrels in the Indian Ocean throughout the annual cycle: implication for their conservation

   data were provided by GLS loggers (Global Location Sensing), and detail of breeding foraging trips were ... provided by ARGOS PTT. In order to assess differences in bycatch susceptibility, comparisons were made ... threatened by toothfish longline fisheries on shelf area of EEZs, and adult females as well as juveniles, are ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/67 : Author(s): L. Thiers, K. Delord, C. Barbraud (France), R.A. Phillips (United Kingdom) and H. Weimerskirch (France)

8. A preliminary stock assessment in SSRUS 486A, G: A Bayesian and CPUE based biomass dynamic model

   sets in which both species are present, and thus, an analysis of catch intention was implemented by ... using multivariate statistical approach of the catch composition. Standardisation of CPUE was done by ... assessment model, it is highly recommendable to continue with the collection of the data by scientific ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/29 : Author(s): R. Wiff, J.C. Quiroz (Chile) and R. Scott (United Kingdom)

9. Towards the development of an assessment of stock abundance for Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C–G – a discussion paper

   caused primarily by the poor spatial overlap of released tagged fish with subsequent fishing effort. By ... limit for SSRUs 88.2C–G will be constrained by the total catch limit for the wider Amundsen Sea stock ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/28 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet and S.J. Parker (New Zealand)

10. A proposal for the establishment of a Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area

    Protected Area”) by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Commission or ... key issues related to the proposal were discussed by the Scientific Committee and the Commission at ... CCAMLR XXXII. These require further discussion and negotiation by the Commission. We look forward to ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIII/21 : Author(s): Delegations of New Zealand and the USA

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