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POTENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM THE KRILL FISHERY
% (Subareas 48.1 and 48.2) and c30% (in Subarea 48.3). 13 of the 16 vessels that have fished for krill in 48.3 ... vessels. The number of observer days as a proportion of the number of days fished varied between c10 ... have carried observers at some time, compared to 6 of 15 in 48.1 and 4 of 15 in 48.2. An analysis of ... tasks of observers. Suggestions are provided for a revision of the Scientific Observer Manual for ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/45 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Chiller killers – first steps towards identifying krill pathogens
providing the main source of food for many taxa high in the food chain such as baleen whales, penguins and ... survey of krill from the Southern Ocean. In the present study and for the first time, krill were sampled ... further shows circumstantial evidence for a viral infection in around 1% of sampled krill. The known ... Abstract: Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) is a ‘keystone species’ in the Southern Ocean ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/23 : Author(s): K. Bateman, R. Hicks, G. Tarling, M. Soeffker and G. Stentiford (United Kingdom)
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Proposed initiative to contribute to Ross Sea region MPA research and monitoring activities using pop-up satellite tags and otolith chemistry on Dissostichus mawsoni
Sea, potentially including different zones of the RSRMPA, and vertical movements in the water column ... whether ecosystem services are provided in the form of fish exported from the RSRMPA GPZ(i) to habitats ... survey to monitor abundance of Antarctic toothfish in the southern Ross Sea in 2018/19 (Stevens et al ... ., 2018), and a winter longline survey of Antarctic toothfish in the northern region of Subareas 88.1 and ...
Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/16 : Author(s): C.D. Jones
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Beach litter accumulation and retention at sub-Antarctic Marion Island: trends in relation to longline fishing activity
1998 are reported, and compared to surveys done in 1984 and 1995, prior to the onset of unregulated ... while fishing equipment also doubled during this period. An increase in the number and proportion of ... illegal fishing in this area. An exponential increase in the litter accumulation was noted in annual ... Spanish script items was noted, while French items only appeared after the onset of illegal fishing ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVII/BG/25 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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On selectivity of commercial and research trawls when krill catching
Abstract: In the paper the attempt was made to compare selective features of several midwater ... krill trawls within the frame of krill density precise estimates provision problem in echo-surveys. The ... groups, and primarily in young krill assessment. Analysis of abundance biomass estimates on the basis of ... -Kidd research trawl IKTM) are presented. Selectivity differences of those trawls resulted in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/34 : Author(s): Kasatkina, S.M.
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Unusual breeding by seabirds at Marion Island during 1997/98
Aptenodytes patagonicus chicks surviving to the start of spring in 1997 was considerably more than previously ... these penguins, the mass of adults on arrival at colonies decreased substantially in the following (1998 ... that breed farther south in the Southern Ocean. Continued monitoring of seabirds over well-separated ... species of seabirds capable of foraging over wide areas and for a tern. The number of king penguin ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/13 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, C.M. Duncombe Rae, D.C. Nel and J. Cooper (South Africa)
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Histopathology of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) bearing black spots
onboard a krill fishing vessel in the winter of 2003 and 2006 in the South Georgia region, the Antarctic ... secondary. The development of the tumor-like cell mass in the gonad may be the primary condition, although ... Ocean, approximately 2-5% of sub-samples of 100 krill bore small black spots. The black spots were most ... often found on the cephalothorax of the body. Three bacteria were isolated from these black spots, and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/29 : Author(s): S. Miwa, T. Kamaishi, T. Matsuyama, T. Hayashi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Krill fishery report: 2012 update
. In 2010/11, 13 vessels fished for krill in Area 48 and the total catch of krill was 180986 t; two ... 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 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Krill fishery report: 2010 update
total catch of krill for the season is 150000-180000 t. In 2008/09, five Members fished for krill in ... largest catch of krill was taken from SSMU SOW (South Orkney West) in Subarea 48.2 (89184 t), and the ... remainder of the catch was taken predominantly in Subarea 48.1, notably 19691 t from SSMU APBSE (Antarctic ... second time that fishing was reported from SSMU APE; previously, 25 t of krill was taken in 1995/96. The ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Herpes virus antibodies in Arctocephalus gazella from Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica
utility of the extra vascular fluid for serological research in this matter is suggested. It is also ... bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) strain. Antibodies against BHV-1 were detected in four (7.4%) samples. The ... with the knowledge confirming the extended distribution range of herpesvirus, affecting a large number ... of hosts including A. gazella. It is strongly trusted the necessary to develop the scientific ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/59 : Author(s): O. Blank, J.M. Montt, M. Celedón and D. Torres (Chile)