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1. Direct ageing of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) – potential utility of eyestalk sections for age determination

   Abstract:  We outline a method for the direct determination of age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia ... superba). Recent studies (Kilada et al. 2012), have shown that annular growth bands are present in the ... endocuticle layer of the eyestalks and gastric mill in decapod crustaceans. Here we report on a preliminary ... Antarctic Division and examined using the methods outlined in (Kilada et al. 2012). Two analyses are ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/45 : Author(s): C. Reiss (USA), R. Kilada (Canada) and S. Kawaguchi (Australia)

2. Report on the CCAMLR Marine Debris monitoring program

   common type of debris items found in beach surveys. The fishing items found were mostly from longline and ... trawl origins. Plastic packaging bands continue to be found in beach surveys, with an increase in open ... bands found at Bird Island. The amount of debris in albatross colonies at Bird Island varies; debris ... . The amount of fishing related items (fishing lines and hooks) found in wandering albatross colonies ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/15 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

3. Second CCAMLR Performance Review

   Performance Review in 2008 which resulted in wide-ranging recommendations that were taken up in the Commission ... and Scientific Committee (First CCAMLR Performance Review). In 2016, CCAMLR decided to undertake a ... conducted during the 2016/17 intersessional period. PR2 evaluated the following: Progress in implementing ... moving forward on PR1 recommendations that are under consideration or are work-in-progress. This ...

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4. Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas

   adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in national and international waters. While establishing MPAs in ... international waters has proven to be challenging in most of the world, national governments and the Commission ... for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) have succeeded in adopting multiple MPAs in ... protected in MPAs, with 3.9% being encompassed by no-take areas. While this is a relatively large proportion ...

   Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/12 Rev. 1 : Author(s): C. Brooks, S. Chown, L. Douglass and B. Raymond

5. Disentangling the influence of three major threats on the demography of an albatross community

   ) at subantarctic Macquarie Island, we quantified the temporal variability in survival, breeding ... probability and success. In three species (excluding the wandering albatross because of the small population ... Southern Annular Mode (SAM) explained 22.9-40.9% and 22.2-33.4% of the temporal variability in survival and ... breeding success respectively. Relationships were positive in all cases except between SAM and the breeding ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/34 : Author(s): J.B. Cleeland, D. Pardo, B. Raymond, G.N. Tuck, C.R. McMahon, R.A. Phillips, R. Alderman, M.-A. Lea and M.A. Hindell

6. Icefish fisheries

   Mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) is targeted by licensed fisheries in the Southern Ocean ... using midwater trawls at South Georgia in Subarea 48.3, and using both bottom and midwater trawls at ... Heard and McDonald Islands in Division 58.5.2. These established fisheries are reviewed annually by ... Reports. The Commission’s agreed limits for the current fishing season are defined in the Conservation ...

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7. e-cc-xxi-a5-appIII.pdf

   ... between States were held in Hobart regarding the operation of the Catch Documentation Scheme for ... functioning of the CDS. 3. The CDS Informal Group met in Hobart and was chaired by Mr E.S. Garrett (USA ... released to the public in aggregated form, which does not reveal commercially sensitive data (see ... paragraph 9). 187 Data Access 9. The group was mindful of the confidentiality requirements in data application/pdf attached to:CDS Informal Group

   Meeting Report : CDS Informal Group

8. Climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptations: Southern Ocean marine fisheries

   variability and anthropogenic climate change that produce high levels of variability in both physical and ... anthropogenic climate change in the short-term could be expected to be related to changes in sea ice and ... physical access to fishing grounds, whereas longer-term implications are likely to include changes in ... -dependent livelihoods in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P19 : Author(s): K. Reid

9. An initial analysis of the characteristics of Antarctic krill taken by the commercial fishery and Antarctic fur seals during the winters of 2002 and 2003 at South Georgia

   the length-frequency distribution and frequency of occurrence of krill in the diet of Antarctic fur ... seals. There were significant differences in the mean size of krill taken by vessels/measured by ... overlap in the size composition of krill in the fishery and the diet of Antarctic fur seals. During the ... period of the winter when there was a reduction in the frequency of occurrence of krill in the diet of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/62 : Author(s): K. Reid, D.J. Agnew, N.L. Warren and E. Owen (United Kingdom)

10. ANNUAL REPORT FROM SCAR TO CCAMLR

    Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) programme, SCAR-MarBIN, the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder ... gather information on marine biodiversity in the Antarctic, and the CPR Survey continues to grow with ... was presented to the ATCM in Baltimore in April. The 10th SCAR International Biology Symposium was ... held in Sapporo from 26 to 31 July 2009, with the theme "Antarctic Biology in the 21st Century ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/BG/34 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

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