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1. INDICATIVE ESTIMATES OF BIOMASS AND YIELD OF WHITSON’S GRENADIER (M. WHITSONI) ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OF THE ROSS SEA IN SUBAREAS 88.1 AND 88.2

   Abstract:  Catch limits currently in place for macrourids in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 are defined as ... ratio of the by-catch limit for macrourids to the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.5.2 ... in 2002/03 (CCAMLR-XXI, para 11.53). The bycatch limit for macrourids in Division 58.5.2 had in turn ... those recorded for M. carinatus on Banzare Bank. Because the strata covered by the New Zealand surveys ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/32 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, D. Fu and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

2. Krill fishery report: 2012 update

   have fished for krill in Area 48; one vessel is using the continuous fishing system. The total catch ... were fishing, at the time of preparing this report, and 935 t of krill has been reported so far for ... June. The forecast total catch of krill for this season ranges approximately from 108000 to 151000 t ... . In 2010/11, 13 vessels fished for krill in Area 48 and the total catch of krill was 180986 t; two ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

3. CEMP data inventory and summary analysis

   krill-based ecosystems to provide a basis for regulating harvesting of Antarctic living marine resources ... in accordance with the ‘ecosystem approach’.  This report: summarises CEMP data submissions for the ... 2015/16 season, presents a CEMP data inventory and metadata overview for Area 48, and outlines the ... process and methods used to provide data extracts for analyses by Members as part of the development of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/08 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

4. Mercury concentrations of five species of Antarctic fish collected from CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2

   were highly variable both within and between the five species studied. Once the factors length and year ... both within and between the five species studied. Once the factors length and year had been accounted ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/24 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, D.M. Tracey, A. Dunn, P.L. Horn and N. Smith (New Zealand)

5. Diet of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) from the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

   , weight, sex, month, depth and location was analysed to investigate whether a residual year effect ... length, weight, sex, month, depth and location was analysed to investigate whether a residual year effect ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/52 : Author(s): D.W. Stevens, M.R. Dunn, M.H. Pinkerton and J.S. Forman (New Zealand)

6. Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, summer 2001/02

   conducted during December 2001. It was also the first census for most species since the early 1980s. Despite ... [atriceps] melanogenis and Kerguelen terns Sterna virgata (Near-Threatened). The reasons for these decreases ... are unclear, but for macaroni penguins may be partly a consequence of competition for space with the ... burgeoning population of fur seals Arctocephalus spp. The 2001 survey increased the population estimates for ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/9 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper, B.M. Dyer, L.G. Underhill,R.J.M. Crawford and M.N Bester (South Africa)

7. Accumulation of fishing debris, plastic litter and other artefacts on Heard Island and Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean

   accumulation was 13 objects km-1 year-1 for Heard Island, and 9.1 objects km-1 year-1 for Macquarie Island ... objects km-1 year-1 for Heard Island, and 9.1 objects km-1 year-1 for Macquarie Island. Drift cards ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-VIII/BG/11 : Author(s): D.J. Slip and H.R. Burton (Australia)

8. Cross-sectional structure and validation of the timing of annulus formation in otoliths of the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps Richardson (Nototheniidae)

   Richardson. a time-series of samples were taken over a complete year. Light and scanning electron microscopy ... represent one year. Using SEM the potential errors due to light illumination artefacts and the pseudo ... -series of samples were taken over a complete year. Light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM ... to correspond, supporting the hypothesis that annuli visible by using light microscopy represent one year. Using ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/6 Rev. 1 : Author(s): J.R. Ashford and M.G. White (United Kingdom)

9. Estimating penguin populations using image analysis of colour aerial photography

   surveys may provide the most robust method for estimating breeding population size, particularly for large ... colonies, for colonies in areas of complex terrain, or for colonies where ground access is difficult ... colonies on Bird Island, South Georgia. We compare the results with conventional ground counts for the ... reliable than the associated ground counts. The technique potentially provides a reliable method for ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/34 Text : Author(s): P.N. Trathan (United Kingdom)

10. Sexual dimorphism and sexual segregation in foraging strategies of northern giant petrels Macronectes halli during incubation

    , duration of foraging trips) was greater for females than for males. In contrast, foraging efficiency ... (proportionate daily mass gain while foraging) was significantly greater for males than for females. Females were ... significantly closer to the desertion mass threshold than ales and could not compensate for the mass loss during ... the incubation fast while foraging, suggesting greater incubation costs for females than for males ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/38 : Author(s): J. González-Solís, J.P. Croxall and A.G. Wood (United Kingdom)

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