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1. Krill population dynamics at South Georgia 1991–1997, based on data from predators and nets

   scientific nets from the same area over the summers of 1991-1997. In comparing the 5 years with both predator ... samples from Antarctic fur seal and macaroni penguin combined; least temporal variation occurs in predator ... in 1991 and 1994, both years of low krill biomass at South Georgia. In both of these years large ... of the March krill population showed a regular increase from 1991 to 1993, fell to a minimum in 1994 ...

   Meeting Document : WS-AREA 48-98/15 : Author(s): K. Reid, J. Watkins, J. Croxall and E. Murphy (UK)

2. Antarctic's pelagic ecosystem: how environmental change will affect Salpidae population structure

   Abstract:  Dynamic climate changes have become noticeable in recent decades, especially in the ... - Euphausia superba. Presumably as a result of climatic fluctuations, a decrease in the numbers of this ... crustacean has been recorded, followed by an increase in the population of the gelatinous zooplankter Salpa ... thompsoni. In the inquiry herein presented, population and morphometric analyses on Salpa thompsoni have ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P08 : Author(s): A.W. Słomska, A.A. Panasiuk-Chodnicka, M.I. Żmijewska and M.K. Mańko (Poland)

3. EXPECTED TAG RECAPTURE RATES FROM NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES FOR DISSOSTICHUS SPP.

   Abstract:  Tag recapture rates in new and exploratory Dissostichus spp. fisheries in the southern ... Indian Ocean sector of the CCAMLR area are examined. In particular, the potential for tagging programs in ... new and exploratory fisheries to yield sufficient data to be of use in determining TAC’s in the early ... , tag detection rates, natural mortality, fish movement out of the fishery, and IUU removals in order to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/63 : Author(s): J.P. McKinlay and D.C. Welsford (Australia)

4. Diet of grey-headed albatrosses at the Diego Ramírez Islands, Chile: ecological implications

   prey hard parts present in 103 chick regurgitates obtained during breeding seasons 2000, 2001 and 2002 ... . The squid Martialia hyadesi predominated in the diet samples in 2001 and 2002 (89% and 81% of ... reconstituted mass), but was absent from the 2000 samples. Reconstituted mean mass per sample in 2000 was ... significantly lower than in 2001 and 2002. Chick growth rate during 2000 was also the lowest recorded. This ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/12 : Author(s): J. Arata (Chile), G. Robertson (Australia), J. Valencia (Chile), J.C. Xavier (UK) and C.A. Moreno (Chile)

5. Educational poster on hook ingestion

   hooks discarded in fish heads which ingestion by seabirds, especially wandering albatrosses which are ... large enough to swallow fish heads whole (SC-CAMLRR-XXI/BG/7). For example, in 2001/02 the scientific ... observer on the F/V Argos Helena estimated that >15,000 fish heads were discarded with hooks still in ... them. The hooks found in albatross colonies at South Georgia in years prior to 2001/02 were of the type ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/20 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia)

6. Proposed methodology for the assessment of the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. on BANZARE Bank (Division 58.4.3b)

   Abstract:  In 2006 the CCAMLR scientific committee noted several features of exploratory ... Dissostichus fisheries in the southern Indian Ocean (58.4) which gave cause for concern as to the status of the ... resource in this area, and the lack of a scientific basis for setting catch limits in these areas (SC-CAMLR ... XXV, paragraphs 4.184-4.192). In its management advice for this and other exploratory fisheries, the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-07/8 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford, A.J. Constable and G.B. Nowara (Australia)

7. Length-age composition of the Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, from the Kerguelen Island area

   are presented and discussed in the paper. Detailed results of these studies are compiled in tables ... such as age-length keys, mean fish length by age, length and age frequency distributions in catches ... . Soviet vessels had first carded out fishery for the species in the 1984/85 season. Fishing grounds during ... this period were located in the west shelf area (48°30’- 49°30’S and 66°50’- 67°20’E). Total catch was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-92/08 : Author(s): V.G. Prutko and V.N. Chikov (Ukraine)

8. Towards the development of an assessment of stock abundance for Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C–G

   and length frequency data. Although 880 tagged fish have been released in this region, only 2 tagged ... fish have been recaptured. It is likely that the lack of recaptures of tagged fish in this region has ... effort. By drawing on the success of tagging programmes in other CCAMLR fisheries, we develop an approach ... identify four main grounds previously fished in SSRUs 88.2C–G. We recommend that in the short term (the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/59 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet and S.J. Parker (New Zealand)

9. BEACH DEBRIS SURVEY AT CAPE SHIRREFF, LIVINGSTON ISLAND, DURING THE ANTARCTIC SEASON 1996/97

   occurred in all previous seasons with monitoring activities, plastic was the principal item (1517 pieces ... ) 0,40/0. Of the plastic items, those used in fisheries (strapping bands 207, ropes 205, and net pieces 9 ... articles/m2 in 1993/94 to 1.02 in 1994/95, 1.52 in 1995/96, and diminished to 0.46 in 1996/97. For the ... partially burnt. This situation provides the possibility to infer that the ashes produced in incinerators ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVI/BG/35 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

10. The breeding biology and distribution of Adelie penguins: adaptations to environmental variability

    Research (LTER) study of the effects of environmental variability on animal populations in the Antarctic ... of Adelie penguins in the Southern Ocean are variability in sea ice cover, ocean circulation patterns ... and terrestrial topography. We analyzed Adelie distributions in the Antarctic Peninsula region and ... concluded that Adelie penguins have discrete subpopulations in the northeastern and southwestern regions of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/58 : Author(s): Fraser, W.R., Trivelpiece, W.Z.

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