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1. Marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1996/97

   Abstract:  In the fourth year of standardised recording of man-made debris associated with ... of nylon line thought to originate from trawlers (three items). The incidence of southern giant ... discarding of plastic material and the loss of long-line fishing gear, especially hooks, remains a cause for ... concern. Author(s):  Delegation of the United Kingdom Title:  Marine debris and fishing gear associated ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

2. Determining toothfish otolith structure using oxytetracycline at South Georgia – a preliminary report

   trawl surveys, experimental pot fishing and longline fishing. Some of the fish tagged on longliners in ... at South Georgia and Shag Rocks early in 2000. A total of 2486 have been tagged and released during ... otoliths of some of these chemically marked recaptures of the 2003 season were examined and the preliminary ... were also recaptured. From recaptures of chemically marked fish our study seems to indicate that the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/80 : Author(s): M.G. Purves, M. Belchier, D.J. Agnew, G. Moreno and T.R. Marlow (United Kingdom)

3. Whale depredation data collection guidelines

   odontocete depredation on demersal longlines operating in high latitudes was organised by the Coalition of ... Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO) in Punta Arenas, March 2016. This workshop emphasised the urgent need ... years of experience around the islands of Kerguelen and Crozet (Southern Indian Ocean). Author(s):  N ... both substantial ecological and economic consequences. Most longline fisheries operating around the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/09 : Author(s): N. Gasco, P. Tixier, M. Söffker and C. Guinet

4. Systematic Biodiversity Planning to identify a potential offshore Marine Protected Area network for South Africa

   within Marine Protected Areas. This project aimed to support the identification of a spatial management ... fishery and bycatch management areas. In addition, the project has engaged with offshore stakeholders from ... the outset, has overcome significant challenges in engaging petroleum, diamond mining and fisheries ... sectors and has built some support for offshore MPAs. Considerable challenges remain in the implementation ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/11 : Author(s): K. Sink, M. Lombard (South Africa), H. Grantham (Australia), C. Attwood, R. Leslie, T. Samaai, S. Kerwath, T. Fairweather, C. van der Lingen, L. Atkinson, T. Wolf and P. Majiedt (South Africa)

5. Spawning activity of mackerel icefish at South Georgia

   intensity almost certainly occurs over much of the shelf although the intensity appears to be small in ... Abstract:  Historical information is assessed on the distribution of spawning and larval mackerel ... April within and close to the bays on the north side of the island. Some spawning at much lower ... comparison with inshore spawning. There is some evidence for spawning at Shag Rocks although the precise ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/27 : Author(s): I . Everson, A. North (United Kingdom) and K.-H. Kock (Germany)

6. Refinements to the strategy for managing depleted fish stocks based on CCAMLR objectives

   illustrated. These fishing mortalities are based on probabilistic descriptions of the future states of a ... policy of F0.1 will not always lead to stock recovery in two to three decades, and hence that additional ... management policies are required for depleted stocks. The implications of these studies for defining the ... Abstract:  A method of calculating fishing mortalities which will allow depleted fish stock to ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-IX/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

7. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based monitoring of indicator species populations on King George Island (Subarea 48.1)

   study distribution and size of three Pygoscelis penguin species on King George Island (Subarea 48.1) in ... the austral summer 2014/15 season. During photogrammetric flights the high-resolution images of the ... compared with the results of measurements taken at the same time from the ground level. During expedition ... ) less than 5 cm. Precision estimation of individuals count was based on the photo interpretation of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/48 : Author(s): M. Korczak-Abshire, A. Zmarz, R. Storvold, M. Rodzewicz, K. Chwedorzewska, A. Kidawa and A. Znój (Poland)

8. plotImpact v2.0-2012

   R library to assist the Secretariat or CCAMLR Working Groups in the production of integrated bottom ... Abstract:  Updated software is presented for the automated production of standardised image plots ... fishing impact assessments, including routine update of the circumpolar impact assessment originally ... described in SC-CAMLR-XXIX/4, Appendix E. Author(s):  D.N. Webber (New Zealand) (The R Library file is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/55 : Author(s): D.N. Webber (New Zealand) (The R Library file is available from the Secretariat on request)

9. Krill biomass estimates for South Georgia, December and January 1996/97

   Georgia during December/January 1996/97. Netting suggested that the mean lengths of krill within ... to be attributable to krill were identified on the basis of the difference between mean volume backscattering ... strength at 120 and 38kHz (mvbsl20 kHz- mvbs38kHz between 2 and 12 dB indicative of krill). Mean volume ... backscattering strengths at 120 kHz were scaled by the appropriate TS value to determine mean krill biomass ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/48 : Author(s): Goss, C., Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S.

10. Risk maps for Antarctic krill under projected Southern Ocean acidification

    Abstract:  The embryonic development of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is sensitive to ... . Exposure to elevated CO 2 during the first 3 days of embryonic development significantly retards subsequent ... development even if the embryos are transferred to seawater with current levels of CO 2. Krill embryos appear ... more vulnerable to ocean acidification than other pelagic crustaceans such as copepods. p CO 2 in the ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/P06 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi, A. Ishida, R. King, B. Raymond, N. Waller, A. Constable, S. Nicol, M. Wakit and A. Ishimatsu

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