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1. Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

   chrysolophus) are sympatric top predators that occur in the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are ... , respectively, the main mammal and bird consumers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). In recent years the ... krill of similar size ranges, dive to similar depths and are restricted in their foraging range at least ... while provisioning their offspring. In this study we test the hypothesis that the increased fur seal ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/22 : Author(s): K.E. Barlow, I.L. Boyd, J.P. Croxall, K. Reid, U.J. Staniland and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

2. Measurements of differences in the target strength of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) swarms at 38 and 120 kHz

   Abstract:  Differences in the target strength of adult Antarctic krill (Euphausia Superba) at 38 ... and 120 kHz have been inferred from differences in the mean back-scattering strength of swarms ... simultaneously insonified at these two frequencies in studies off the South Orkneys and Elephant Island in March ... 1990. Krill in these areas varied in total length between 36 and 60mm. Backscattering strengths at 120 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-90/28 : Author(s): I. Hampton (South Africa)

3. Integrated analysis of the by-catch data in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery

   Abstract:  The indices of exploratory toothfish fishery in the Ross Sea for the period of 2008 ... hooks) and normalized target catch ratio. There was evidence of distinct differences in the mean (and ... distribution) in the CPUE toothfish and the by-catch CPUE.     Our analysis also show that target catch ratios ... in toothfish and non-target species distribution in the Ross Sea, but not the longline vessels and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/13 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S. Kasatkina

4. Revised research plan for the 2013/14 exploratory longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6

   and observer data. The stock size estimates for research blocks were revised following advice in the ... last WG-SAM meeting. We tentatively recalculated a sample size of Dissostichus spp in each block in ... such a way that the numbers of tag recoveries in the 2016 season shows an approximately 0.3 of ... sizes turned out to be larger in many blocks and smaller in a few blocks over the data poor-fisheries ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/37 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

5. Preliminary investigations into a two-area stock assessment model for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Amundsen Sea Region

   Abstract:  In 2013, the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR could not achieve consensus on a stock ... status for Antarctic toothfish in the Amundsen Sea Region (ASR- Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C-H) and ... identified several areas for further work. This work was carried out and presented to WG-SAM in 2014, who ... noted that the assessments were unable to fit the patterns in the recaptures of tagged fish seen in SSRU ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/57 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

6. RECENT TRENDS IN NUMBERS OF FOUR SPECIES OF PENGUINS AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS

   and southern rockhopper penguin E. chrysocome. In December 2008 it was estimated that some 65 000 ... pairs of king penguins were incubating eggs at Marion Island, the larger of the two islands in the group ... in numbers of king penguin chicks that survived to the end of the winter period, but there was ... considerable fluctuation in chick production in the 1990s. It was roughly estimated that on average 88% of king ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P1 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, P.A. Whittington, L. Upfold, P.G. Ryan, S.L. Petersen, B.M. Dyer and J. Cooper

7. The annual random stratified trawl survey to estimate the abundance of Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari in the Heard Island region (Division 58.5.2) for 2012

   Abstract:  The annual random stratified trawl survey at HIMI was completed in March to May of 2012 ... . A codend liner, usually in place for the entire survey, was used only in the icefish strata, Gunnari ... Ridge, Plateau Southeast and Plateau West, and in a repeat of the hauls in Ground B. Catches in this ... RSTS were generally high in comparison with previous years, with the total fish catch being twice as ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/25 : Author(s): G.B. Nowara and T. Lamb (Australia)

8. Standardised CPUE analysis of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) fishery in the Ross Sea for the years 1997/98 to 2004/05

   ) since 1997 in CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. Previously, standardised analysis of toothfish CPUE (catch ... per hook) have been carried out in 2004 calculated CPUE indices for the 1997–98 to 2003–04 fishing ... years in Subarea 88.1 and 88.2. This report revises and updates the previous analysis with the addition ... on (a) all vessels and (b) the two main New Zealand vessels that have been in the fishery over most ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/32 : Author(s): A. Dunn and N.L. Phillips (New Zealand)

9. Recent trends in numbers of four species of penguins at the Prince Edward Islands

   and southern rockhopper penguin E. chrysocome. In December 2008 it was estimated that some 65 000 ... pairs of king penguins were incubating eggs at Marion Island, the larger of the two islands in the group ... in numbers of king penguin chicks that survived to the end of the winter period, but there was ... considerable fluctuation in chick production in the 1990s. It was roughly estimated that on average 88% of king ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P01 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, P.A. Whittington, L. Upfold, P.G. Ryan, S.L. Petersen, B.M. Dyer and J. Cooper

10. Simulations to evaluate model performance for Antarctic toothfish stock assessment in the Amundsen Sea region

    shown promising results to date, with 8 interseason tags recaptured in the South area in 2016 and 12 ... (preliminary recaptures) in 2017. The aim of this paper is to ascertain when the Amundsen Sea region stock ... in estimates of biomass, the likely biases, and to set expectations for mark-recapture data for the ... models showed that using two independent models lead to higher estimates of biomass in the North and ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-17/40 : Author(s): S. Mormede and S. Parker

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