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1. Report on attendance at the Seventh Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Madrid Protocol

   Abstract:  This report outlines the participation of the SC-CAMLR Chair in the Seventh Meeting of ... progress of the Antarctic Site Inventory to monitor and assess visitor sites in the Antarctic Peninsula ... issues of relevance to SC-CAMLR are: (a) The CEP again addressed the issue of establishing ‘Specially ... prepared a suggested revised text for consideration by the ATCM, enclosing in square brackets those ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIII/BG/07 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee

2. A new bathymetric compilation for the South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula (49°–39°W to 64°–59°S): insights into the glacial development of the continental shelf

   visualise the morphology of the shelf in unrivalled detail. The compilation forms important baseline ... the new compilation of bathymetric datasets allows for the analysis of ecosystem properties in the ... Abstract:  We present a new, high resolution (300 m) bathymetric grid of the South Orkney Islands ... and surrounding continental shelf, northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The new grid, derived from a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/P01 : Author(s): W.A. Dickens, A.G.C. Graham, J.A. Smith, J.A. Dowdeswell, R.D. Larter, C.-D. Hillenbrand, P.N. Trathan, J.E. Arndt and G. Kuhn

3. The use of Port State measures to improve fisheries compliance at the international levelIssues and instruments – the CCAMLR case

   approaches to port State control in order to avoid the development of “ports of convenience” and improve ... ) fishing. CCAMLR is generally regarded as a good regional model in the area of port State control. Hence ... , to encourage the application of similar approaches in those Regional Fisheries Management ... fisheries compliance. Possible approaches include the development of regional Memoranda of Understanding ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXV/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

4. Report on attendance at the Fourth Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection Under the Madrid Protocol

   Abstract:  This report outlines the participation of the SC-CAMLR Chair in the Fourth Meeting of ... procedures to avoid introduction of diseases in the Antarctic. It noted that the risk that human activities ... issues of relevance to SC-CAMLR are: (1) A report of an open-ended intersessional contact group of the ... , the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Species. The contact group will continue under a ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/03 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee

5. INITIATIVE TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION’S ANTARCTIC SPECIAL AREA NORTHWARD TO THE ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE

   the adoption of a resolution urging Antarctic Treaty Parties to recommend the extension of the ... (garbage). Recognizing CCAMLR’s and the Antarctic Treaty’s respective interests in protecting the marine ... environment of Antarctica, the ATCM adopted Resolution 1 (2009) citing the importance of cooperation among ... Parties in enhancing environmental protection for the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem and directing the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/32 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

6. Fishes incidentally caught by Japanese Antarctic krill commercial fishery to the north of the South Shetland Islands during the 1994/95 austral summer

   of by-catch fishes was higher in krill hauls with the low catch rates. Author(s):  Iwami, T. Title ... Abstract:  Observations on abundance of by-catch fishes were made during the austral summer months ... of 1995 (from 30 January to 18 February) on board F/V Niitaka Maru to the north of the South Shetland ... :  Fishes incidentally caught by Japanese Antarctic krill commercial fishery to the north of the South ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/56 : Author(s): Iwami, T.

7. Preliminary results on the diet of the snow petrel Pagodroma nivea at Laurie Island, Antarctica, during the 1997/98 breeding season

   Abstract:  The diet of the Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea was investigated at Laurie Island, South ... Orkney Islands, (60¡46'S, 44¡42'W), Antarctica, over the period January-February of 1998 ... . Stomach contents and regurgitates of adults were sampled during the chick-rearing period. Fish, followed ... crustaceans and cephalopods were scarcely represented. Among fish, Myctophids dominated in the diet, being ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/11 : Author(s): G. Soave, V. Ferretti, N. Coria and R. Casaux (Argentina)

8. The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

   Abstract:  The diet of non-breeding male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella was ... investigated at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, by the analysis of 31 and 149 scats collected from ... the most frequent prey and constituted the bulk of the diet. The importance of the remaining taxa ... represented in the samples (octopods, gastropods, bivalves, isopods, polychaetes and porifera) was negligible ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/9 : Author(s): R. Casaux, A. Baroni and A. Ramón (Argentina)

9. Relationship to non-Contracting Parties cooperating with various CCAMLR measures

   or to implement voluntarily CCAMLR conservation measures Recommendation Responsible body Activities to date Status ... or to implement voluntarily CCAMLR conservation measures Recommendation Responsible body ...

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10. Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras

    success is important for seabird conservation and management, but can be logistically challenging ... and hatch dates are then estimated from the mean, species-specific interval between egg laying (Pygoscelid ... Peninsula region to demonstrate its utility. 3. Mean egg lay and incubation intervals from direct ... observations were similar within species across sites. In the validation study, the mean clutch initiation ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P01 : Author(s): J.T. Hinke, A. Barbosa, L.M. Emmerson, T. Hart, M.A Juáres, M. Korczak-Abshire, G. Milinevsky, M. Santos, P.N. Trathan, G.M. Watters and C. Southwell

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