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1. The US commercial krill fishery in Area 48: development, fishing patterns, and decision making

   decision making processes involved in harvesting krill by the U.S. fishery. Because the Captain of the Top ... north of South Georgia; in 2001, all fishing was conducted off the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield ... Strait. In 2002, fishing operations were carried out off the Antarctic Peninsula, west of Elephant Island ... concentrations of krill were found in Bransfield Strait in 2001 while fishing inside the ice edge. The success of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/18 : Author(s): C.D. Jones and M. Hull (USA)

2. Report on scientific observations onboard the Chilean longliner, ‘Puerto Ballena’, in Statistical Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996

   Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996. Details of the cruise ... -130 cm whith the proportion of females in the catch exceeding those of males in fish larger than 1 10 ... petrels were the most abundant species in the vicinity of the vessel when longlines were set. About 44 ... the vicinity of the vessel. Orcas in some cases caused a considerable loss of fishes from the lines ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/22 : Author(s): Selling, J., Kock, K.-H.

3. The toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2002/03: New Zealand vessel summary

   is to present the analysis of data collected in the toothfish fishery for the 2003 season (this is ... presence of the huge C2 iceberg severely altered the fisher's behaviour in 2003. The vessels were ... . The catch of D. mawsoni was about 1070 t, and contributed 89% of the total catch in 2003. They were ... caught in over 90% of the sets in all five SSRUs fished. They were the dominant catch in all sets apart ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/44 : Author(s): M.L. Stevenson, S.M. Hanchet and P.L. Horn (New Zealand)

4. Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution in relation to water movement and phytoplankton distribution off the northern South Shetland Islands

   Abstract:  The waters in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island were ... biomass of krill in the 1990/91 austral summer. Main krill concentrations occurred in the shelf waters ... frequently occur), have elucidated the occurrence of convergent complex eddies in these shelf waters. (Note ... ground for krill.) High concentrations of chlorophyll a were also measured in the shelf waters, showing a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-91/22 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

5. Proposal for an extension to the mark recapture experiment to estimate toothfish population size in Subarea 48.4

   assessment of D. eleginoides stock size in the Northern Area of 48.4 estimates a vulnerable biomass of ... 48.4 in the 2008/09 fishing season so as to allow for a full assessment of D. eleginoides stock size in ... introduced for bycatch species in the Northern Area of 48.4, set at 16% Macrourus spp. and 5% Rajid spp of ... between 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes. 3. The UK proposes to continue the mark-recapture experiment in Subarea ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/46 : Author(s): J. Roberts and D. J. Agnew (UK)

6. Changes in the fish biomass around Elephant Island (Statistical Subarea 48.1) from 1976 to 1996

   been exploited from 1978179 to 1988189 with most of the commercial harvesting taking place in the first ... two years of the fishery. Results of bottom trawl surveys conducted by Germany in the vicinity of ... Elephant Island in the 1980s showed that stocks of Champsocephalus gunnari, Notothenia rossii ... . Given the low abundance of C. gunnari and other species and the difficulties in managing fisheries which ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/27 : Author(s): Kock, K.-H.

7. Revised research plan for the 2016/17 toothfish fishery in Division 58.4.4b by Japan and France

   , in CPUE analogy method (reference area: HIMI) using the relevant information of reference area ... geographical distribution of different size groups shows that small fish <60cm mainly occur in the shallow ... ):  Delegations of Japan and France Title:  Revised research plan for the 2016/17 toothfish fishery in Division ... Abstract:  Japan and France have revised the next season’s (2016/17) research plan in research ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/33 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegations of Japan and France

8. Relationship between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) variability and westerly fluctuations and ozone depletion in the Antarctic Peninsula area

   Abstract:  An assessment of the environmental processes influencing variability in the recruitment ... ; = 0.57) and 2-year-old krill (r = 0.69) with a level of significance of 5%. In addition, the strength of ... and density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is important, as variability in krill stocks ... affects the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a whole. We have assessed variability in krill recruitment and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/52 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, K. Kutsuwada, Y. Sasai and T. Taguchi (Japan) and V. Siegel (Germany)

9. Finfish distribution and abundance in Subareas 48.1 and 48.2, 2016–2018. Research proposal for the second year

   Abstract:  According to the experience gained in the first phase of the research and observations ... made by WG-SAM-16, a new proposal is provided to determine the distribution and abundance of fish in ... in each stratum depth. With the data obtained in each subarea, the density of fish resources will be ... determined using the Delta method. Additionally, in a delimited sector north of Elephant Island, the catch ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/31 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

10. Predicting changes in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba population at South Georgia

    the abundance and population structure of krill in 1998 and the consequences for predators. Consistent ... biomass and low predator reproductive performance. The change in modal size of krill, from 56 mm in ... December to 42 mm in March was apparently a result of the transport of krill into the region. This is the ... Abstract:  Variability in the Southern Ocean is frequently reflected in changes in the abundance ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/37 : Author(s): K. Reid, K.E. Barlow, J.P. Croxall and R.I. Taylor (UnitedKingdom)

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