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1. Revised research longline fishing proposal for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.2, second season

   Abstract:  This document contains the research plan proposed by the Chilean Delegation in the ... Modelling (WG-SAM) during the meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26 to 30 June 2017. Among the ...   recommendations adopted, coordination was achieved with the Delegation of Ukraine to develop research in the ... Subarea in a collaborative way (WG-SAM-17, paragraph 4.110). In the context of the present proposal ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/27 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

2. The Continuous Plankton Recorder in the Southern Ocean: a comparative analysis of zooplankton communities sampled by the CPR and vertical net hauls along 140°E

   . Zooplankton in the top 150 m of the water column demonstrated strong, small-scale, vertical distribution ... variation in abundance between NORPAC depth zones (average = 82 ± 47 individuals m–3), while abundance was ... substantially higher in the CPR samples (average = 144 ± 103 individuals m–3), despite it under-sampling fast ... NORPAC samples showed that these three taxa were most abundant in the surface waters. The significant ...

   Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/P5 : Author(s): Hunt, B.P.V and G. Hosie

3. Biological features of the icefish Champsocephalus gunnari from commercial catches in Subarea 48.3 during the period from 8 December 1999 until 31 January 2000

   Abstract:  In the period from 11 December 1999 to 31 January 2000 Russian trawler "Zakhar ... Sorokin" carried out fishing the icefish Champsocephalus gunnari feeding consent rations in the ... western shelf of the South Georgia Island. Icefish 26-40 cm in length, with the average size of 30.3 cm ... /female ratio, on the average, equalled to 1/1.2. The active process of gonad maturation, more rapid in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/20 : Author(s): V.L. Senioukov (Russia)

4. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 1996 winter and 1996/97 pup-rearing season

   Georgia for the sixth consecutive winter (1996) and eighth consecutive summer (1996/97) are reported. In ... winter 17 seals were observed entangled, double the number in 1995 and the third highest total so far. As ... entangling materials, with the abundance of string and fishing net reversed from most previous years. In ... proportion of entanglements in synthetic string (41 %) was much greater than in recent years, with fishing ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/06 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

5. Hatching season and growth of Pleuragramma antarcticum larvae near the Antarctic peninsula in austral summer 1993/94

   Abstract:  Hatching season and larval growth of Pleuragramma antacticum in the water off Antarctic ... Peninsula were determined by the examination of growth increments in otoliths. The samples were collected by ... (54 inds. out of 77 fish larvae) in ichthyoplankton samples, and occurred mainly in cold water of the ... otolith cores was about 50 μm in diameter. The width of the growth increments was narrow near the core ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/65 : Author(s): Cha, S.S., Lee, T.W., Kim, S.

6. Stomach contents of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) from the Ross Sea region in 2010 and a comparison with 2003

   Abstract:  The stomach contents of 273 Dissostichus mawsoni captured by bottom longline in the ... in 640–2127 m depths and ranged between 78 and 181 cm TL. A total of 198 stomachs contained prey ... whitsoni) dominated the diet occurring in 37% of stomachs and accounting for 45% by weight and 52% by IRI ... . De Witt’s icefish, eel-cods, and glacial squid were also important occurring in about 20% of stomachs ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/22 : Author(s): D.W. Stevens, J. Forman and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)

7. The Concept of Representativeness in MPA Design

   Abstract:  The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of “representativeness” in Marine ... application to the designation of a representative system of MPAs in the Southern Ocean. In 2005, CCAMLR ... furthering the objectives of CCAMLR. The principle of representativeness aims to ensure that differences in ... particular ecosystems or habitats in a particular region are captured within a system of MPAs. A key part of ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXII/BG/14 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

8. Estimating seabird by-catch in CCAMLR longline fisheries

   Abstract:  After many years of close to zero incidental seabird mortality in the longline fishery ... throughout the CCAMLR Convention Area, recent years have seen an increase in Subarea 48.3 and in Division ... the observer data and to estimate total seabird mortality. Given the high profile of this issue in ... CCAMLR, there is a need for clarity in the data and methods used to report seabird mortality totals ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/50 : Author(s): C. Darby and K. Olsson

9. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2002 winter and 2002/03 breeding season

   reported here. The overall number of entanglements showed a decrease from last year of 55% in winter and 67 ... %. Severe injuries accounted for 33% of entanglements over winter and 25% during the summer. As in previous ... years, most individuals observed entangled in debris were juveniles (88% of winter and 81% of summer ... dominated the observations in both seasons. Plastic packaging bands and synthetic strings (nylon braid ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXII/BG/11 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

10. Preliminary analysis of seabird by-catch in the South Georgia icefish fishery

    Abstract:  We conducted a preliminary analysis on the numbers of birds caught as a bycatch in the ... trawl fishery for icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in Subarea 48.3. From December 2000 – February 2001 ... birds being caught in February. GAM/GLM analysis suggested that month and vessel were significant ... could explain the number of birds caught. Differences in the numbers caught in the last three years also ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/30 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, N. Ansell and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)

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