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Fishing gear, oil and marine debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1993/94
of the incidence of fishing line and hooks associated with, regurgitated by and impaled in seabirds ... Georgia sea-birds at present, the increase in number and variety of environmental threats is a cause for ... Abstract: We record the first observations of oiled albatrosses at South Georiga, provide data on ... ingestion of plastics by albatrosses and giant petrels and report a six-fold increase over the previous year ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIII/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom
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Steepness for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) based on life history
-recruitment relationship, it is deeply rooted in the biology of each species. Furthermore, specifying ... steepness in a stock assessment. We take the first step towards a consistent treatment of steepness for ... points that are commonly used in fisheries management. Thus, one cannot pick an arbitrary value of ... estimates of steepness and their use in stock assessments. Author(s): M. Mangel, J. Brodziak and G.M ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/32 : Author(s): M. Mangel, J. Brodziak and G.M. Watters (USA)
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Age/length key for Champsocephalus gunnari from South Georgia; Hill Cove survey, January 1990
of Ch. gunnari from the Hill Cove survey around South Georgia in January 1990. A revised age length ... Abstract: Discrepancy was noted between the age length key and modes in the length distribution ... key for this survey is proposed, based on data from a previous survey in the area. The revised age ... length key corresponds well to modes in the length distribution from the survey and to another key ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-91/18 : Author(s): G. Parkes (United Kingdom)
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Deaths of Adélie penguins at Mawson November–December 2001 investigated
near Mawson between 23 November and 4 December, 2001. It is concluded the most likely cause of death ... death of the penguins suggested initially that disease may have been implicated and so investigations ... were treated accordingly. The sampling protocols developed by CEMP were used in these investigations ... Abstract: Over 120 adult Adélie penguins were found dead in unusual circumstances on Welch Island ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/42 : Author(s): K. Kerry and L. Irvine (Australia)
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Considerations for CEMP data collection and submission in relation to using nest cameras to monitor surface-nesting colonial seabirds
describe how they relate to the parameters outlined in the CEMP Standard Methods. We discuss where the two ... Abstract: We provide an outline of data that can be generated from nest camera images and ... are similar, provide comment on nest camera data utility for CEMP, and outline gaps in our assessment ... of their use for this purpose. We provide suggestions for how CEMP data submission forms could be ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/27 : Author(s): L. Emmerson and C. Southwell
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Krill caught by predators and nets revisited: interpreting prey selection in proper temporal–spatial scales
compare krill length frequency data collected over the entire West area of the U.S. AMLR survey grid with ... and predator diet sampling. Comparisons of these two methods show broadly coherent results but also ... frequently show differences that have fueled speculation of prey selectivity by predators. Krill, however ... , are not homogenously distributed and matching temporal-spatial scales of sample collections can be ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/49 : Author(s): M.E. Goebel, V. Loeb, D.P. Costa, S.N. Sexton, A.R. Banks, J.D. Lipsky and A.C. Allen (USA)
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Plastic ingestion by petrels breeding in Antarctica
Petrels and Cape Petrels breeding on the Antarctic continent. Highest incidence of plastics was found in ... the Antarctic, and that relatively few plastics are available in Antarctic waters. Possible hazards of ... Abstract: Plastic particles were found to be common pollutants in stomachs of Wilson’s Storm ... chicks of Wilson’s Storm Petrels that had died before fledging. Few or no plastics were found in Snow ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-VIII/BG/09 : Author(s): J.A. van Franeker (Netherlands) and P.J. Bell (Australia)
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Maintaining CCAMLR’s ambition on Marine Protected Areas
) in 2005. Now in 2014, despite commitment within both the Scientific Committee and the Commission and ... for CCAMLR’s representative system of MPAs and marine reserves. ASOC believes that the changes to ... implement a representative system of MPAs by designating the East Antarctic and Ross Sea MPAs. Author(s ... Abstract: CCAMLR began work to develop a representative system of marine protected areas (MPAs ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIII/BG/24 Rev. 2 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC
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Sex determination of Antarctic petrels Thalassoica antarctica by discriminant analysis of morphometric characters
, head length, bill depth and bill length) in the Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica. Males were on ... , head length and wing length correctly sexed 92% of the sample. Due to between-measurer variation it is ... proceeding with the use of the discriminant function on unsexed individuals. Author(s): S.-H. Lorentsen and ... Abstract: We present data on sexual dimorphism in some morphological measurements (wing length ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-94/41 : Author(s): S.-H. Lorentsen and N. Røv (Norway)
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Review of CCAMLR translation requirements – accompanying document to CCAMLR-XXIX/8 (Previously CCAMLR-XXVIII/10 Rev. 1)
the 2001–2008 period. Note is taken of the growing translation demand in terms of the number of pages ... requiring translation annually and the increase in translation complexity. Trends in Secretariat translation ... by Members in considering how translation service delivery and standing may be sustained into the ... Papers and the Secretariat’s Translation Capacity. Focus is given to prevailing circumstances in 2008 as ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/06 : Author(s): Secretariat