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1. Acquiring a ‘base datum of normality’ for a marine ecosystem: the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   researchers who currently investigate open-ocean systems. Herein, the importance of top-down forcing in ... current functioning of the RSShelfE. In spite of this unique evidence for the Antarctic region, much ... pelagic and neritic marine ecosystems is reviewed with concrete evidence given for its existence in the ... remains to be learned about cross-component interactions in the Ross Sea system. Should the RSShelfE be un ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/20 : Author(s): D. Ainley (USA)

2. Effects of recruitment variability and natural mortality on Generalised Yield Model projections and the CCAMLR Decision Rules for Antarctic krill

   ;vector of recruitments" input option to simulate the population dynamics of krill in the Antarctic ... in length to the total captured in AMLR net samples in four sampling regions of the Antarctic ... maintaining spawning biomasses above 20% of unfished biomass in more than 90% of the trials. As the values for ... Peninsula region (Subarea 48.1) under various assumptions. The annual proportions of krill less than 36 mm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/26 : Author(s): D. Kinzey, G. Watters and C. Reiss (USA)

3. First global census of the Adélie penguin

   colonizations. These recent colonizations represent approximately 5% of the increase in known breeding ... Abstract:  We report on the first global census of the Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae ... % larger (3.79 million breeding pairs) than the last estimate in 1993. We provide the first abundance ... population and provide insight into the ability of these highly philopatric seabirds to colonize new breeding ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/P05 : Author(s): H.J. Lynch and M.A. LaRue

4. CONTINUING CCAMLR’S FIGHT AGAINST IUU FISHING FOR TOOTHFISH EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT BY TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL AND WWF AUSTRALIA

   (IUU) fishing, there remains evidence of IUU activities in the Convention area. This paper is the ... -2007 with a view to provide an indication of the extent of the IUU catch. The report highlights that in ... estimates of IUU catch and to continue to improve the current MCS measures in order to minimise ... Abstract:  Despite the continuous efforts of CCAMLR to fight Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/38 : Author(s): Submitted by IUCN

5. Second progress report of the CEMP Special Fund overwinter penguin tracking project

   the CEMP Special Fund in 2015/16. Of 150 tags purchased in 2016, all have been deployed and the data ... Abstract:  We provide a 2 nd update on the progress of our project “Tracking the overwinter ... habitat use of krill-dependent predators from Subarea 48.1”. The project was initiated with support from ... collection phase has recently concluded. As of 28 May 2018, the last viable tags had ceased transmitting and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/24 : Author(s): J. Hinke, G. Watters, M. Santos, M. Korczak-Abshire and G. Milinevsky

6. Outline for year 2 of the 3-year longline survey to determine toothfish population connectivity between Subareas 48.2 and 48.4

   second year of an agreed 3-year longline survey, in the wider context of connecting the recently ... undertaken surveys in Subarea 48.2 with the established fishery in Subarea 48.4. The overall research ... distributions of benthic bycatch species. This paper reiterates the key points of WG-SAM-17/34, updates ... information on tag-recapture data from the first year of the survey, and includes a three-year data collection ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/45 : Author(s): M. Söffker and M. Belchier

7. An ecosystem-based approach to management: using individual behaviour to predict the indirect effects of Antarctic krill fisheries on penguin foraging

   that changes in penguin foraging behaviour can be used to assess the impact of local fisheries on ... many species within the Antarctic. Despite extensive knowledge of the ecosystem that they occupy, there ... is still incomplete understanding of the links between species and the effect of environmental ... understand the interactions between penguins and krill to determine the indirect effect of krill fisheries on ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/34 : Author(s): S.H. Alonzo, P.V. Switzer and M. Mangel (USA)

8. Age and growth of Scotia Sea icefish Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg, 1906), from the South Shetland Islands

   observed in other recent surveys within the same area, C. aceratus represented one of the predominant ... % of their maximum estimated age. These results are compared with age and growth data available in the ... literature for C. aceratus, and discussed in the light of recent commercial exploitation. Author(s):  M. La ... around the South Shetland Islands in the austral summer 2002 (January-February). Fish were caught by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/77 : Author(s): M. La Mesa, J. Ashford, E. Larson and M. Vacchi

9. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (SCAR) 2007/08

   Environment of the Antarctic”. The 10th SCAR International Biology Symposium will be held in Sapporo from 26 ... reports on progress with the Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) programme, SCAR-MarBIN, the ... Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey and the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) project ... data portal continues to gather information on marine biodiversity in the Antarctic and the CPR Survey ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/42 : Author(s): SCAR Observer to CCAMLR (G. Hosie, Australia)

10. Diet and prey consumption of Antarctic petrels Thalassoica antarctica at Svarthamaren, Dronning Maud Land and at sea outside the colony

    Abstract:  The diet of the Antarctic petrel Thalassoica antarctica was studied during two years at ... Svarthamaren, an inland colony situated in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica and in the pack-ice outside ... %), followed by fish (29%) and squid (3%), whereas individuals collected in the pack ice took mostly fish (95 ... %), followed by Crustaceans (5%). The prey composition and length found in this study is comparable to what is ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/58 : Author(s): Røv, N., Lorentsen, S., Klages, N.

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