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1. How much do icefish (Notothenioidei, Channichthyidae) eat in the southern Scotia Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula region?

   of the Antarctic Peninsula. Variability of food consumption was comparatively low between years in ... daily food intake of demersal Antarctic fish both available in the scientific literature and from our ... about 48 hours while the digestion of fish prey takes likely in excess of 96 hours, our data are well in ... , Cryodraco antarcticus, and Chaenodraco wilsoni) ice fish species were estimated around islands of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/18 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock (Germany), C.D. Jones (USA), J. Gröger and S. Schöling (Germany)

2. 2006–2013 fish distribution and biomass in the Kerguelen EEZ (CCAMLR DIVISION 58-5-1) for the bathymetric range 100–1 000 m

   Abstract:  Three fish biomass surveys have been recently undertaken in the northern part of the ... 40% of the total biomass on the shelf and surrounding deep-sea, is the dominant species in terms of ... first ones taking into account all the fish components of a surveyed area in the Southern Ocean ... ” repeating the same random and stratified sampling stations in the bathymetric range 100 – 1000 m. Data on ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/07 : Author(s): G. Duhamel, M. Hautecœur and R. Sinegre (France)

3. Seabird mortality in the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery around the Prince Edward Islands, 1996–2000

   (a globally important seabird breeding site) commenced in 1996 following high levels of Illegal ... trips between 1996 and 2000, allowing a thorough excellent understanding of the impact of this fishery ... in their bills. Albatross carcasses also contained large numbers of baits, indicating that fishers ... seabird bycatch in the sanctioned fishery decreased from 0.19 birds/1000 hooks to 0.034 birds/1000 hooks ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/8 : Author(s): D.C. Nel, P.G. Ryan and B.P. Watkins (South Africa)

4. Preliminary report from New Zealand research voyages to the Balleny Islands in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica, January to March 2006

   decision to send two separate research voyages to the Balleny Islands, located north of the Ross Sea, in ... voyage included supplemental sampling in the Balleny Islands area as part of a larger Ross Sea expedition ... likely inform the design of subsequent research activities in the area. Author(s):  B.R. Sharp (New ... the Antarctic summer of early 2006. The first of these voyages involved a dedicated research ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/31 : Author(s): B.R. Sharp (New Zealand)

5. Oceanic debris observations in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, from Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea: December 1994 to March 1995

   Ross Sea, whereas non-penguin feathers dominated north and northwest of the Ross Sea. In the southern ... Abstract:  Observations of natural and man-made floating megalitter, macrolitter and mesolitter in ... the Pacific section of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from December 1994 to March 1995 are ... reported. Natural megalitter, mostly seaweed, was concentrated In the more northern latitudes near the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/29 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

6. An integrated stock assessment for the Heard Island and the McDonald Islands Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery in Division 58.5.2

   eleginoides) fishery at the Heard Island and the McDonald Islands in CCAMLR Division 58.5.2 with data until ... end of July 2015. The updated assessment model is based on the best available estimates of model ... parameters, the use of abundance estimates from a random stratified trawl survey (RSTS), longline tag-release ... composition data to aid with the estimation of year class strength and selectivity functions of the trawl ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/52 : Author(s): P. Ziegler and D. Welsford (Australia)

7. Climate change and zooplankton dominance in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: implications for the food web

   function of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. In the Antarctic Peninsula region winter sea-ice coverage is a ... blooms, and decreased abundance of krill-dependent Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the past 15 ... Abstract:  There is a growing body of evidence that the climate of the Antarctic Peninsula region ... has been warming over the past 40 years with an associated decreased frequency of winters with ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/21 : Author(s): Siegel, V., Fraser, W., Trivelpiece, S., Holm-Hansen, O., Loeb, V., Hewitt, R., Trivelpiece, W.

8. ASSESSMENT MODELS FOR ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH (DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI) IN THE ROSS SEA FOR THE YEARS 1997–98 TO 2008–09

   -convergence in the key biomass parameters, although there was some evidence of non-convergence in the annual ... Abstract:  We provide an update of the Bayesian sex and age structured population stock assessment ... model for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea (Subareas 88.1 and SSRUs 88.2A–B ... , estimate of initial biomass to that from the 2007 base case. Two sensitivity models were run; one updated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/40 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

9. Seabird by-catch in the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery at the Prince Edward Islands: 1997–1998

   is 13% more than the number of hooks reported set in 1996-97, but total effort probably declined ... during 1997-98 as a result of a decrease in the number of unsanctioned vessels operating in the area ... Abstract:  Longline fishing for Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides in the South African ... Exclusive Economic Zone around the Prince Edward Islands commenced in 1996. This paper summarises seabird ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/42 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan and M.G. Purves (South Africa)

10. Report on seabird by-catch outside the CCAMLR Convention Area recorded in the South African fisheries

    mortalities of seabirds.  Independent research and measures imposed in the permit conditions for these sectors ... Abstract:  Given Resolution 22/XXV, paragraph 3 concerning the mortality of Convention Area ... Seabirds to the north of the Convention Area and the request by IMAF, SC-CAMLR XXVII/15 (Para 4.3) to ... report these, this document provides an overview of the South African fishing sectors most likely to ...

    Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-11/11 : Author(s): C. Heineken and P. Mullins (South Africa)

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