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CCAMLR-XXXIV
CCAMLR’s financial and conservation objectives in relation to the krill fishery Delegation of the United ... -limited Special Areas for Scientific Study in newly exposed marine areas following ice shelf retreat or ... collapse in Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.5 and Subarea 88.3 Delegation of the European Union CCAMLR-XXXIV/22 ... Precautionary seasonal restrictions in fisheries for Euphausia superba in Area 48 Delegation: European Union ...
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Preparing for the Year of the Skate: proposed information collection and tagging protocol for skates
Abstract: Skates are an important bycatch of the toothfish fishery in the CCAMLR area and have ... required before a full assessment can be carried out. In 2007, CCAMLR-SAM-WG recommended (CCAMLR XXVI WG ... collection effort on bycatch will be concentrated on skate species in that year in order to inform a full ... data from the fishery and a revised skate tagging protocol. These changes could be piloted in the 2007 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/39 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn, J. Fenaughty, M. Francis, S. Hanchet, R. O’Driscoll and N. Smith (New Zealand)
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Research standards for exploratory fisheries
Abstract: The potential for data poor exploratory fisheries in the CAMLR Convention area to ... in the past are reviewed. Exploratory fisheries and research questions for subareas without currently ... exploratory fishery in the Ross Sea leading to an assessment of D. mawsoni and the fishery for D. eleginoides ... in the northern South Sandwich Islands are used as examples of what can be achieved using exploratory ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-11/15 Rev. 1 : Author(s): D. Kinzey (USA)
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POPULATION ASSESSMENTS OF GENTOO PENGUINS (PYGOSCELIS PAPUA) BREEDING AT AN IMPORTANT ANTARCTIC TOURIST SITE, GOUDIER ISLAND, PORT LOCKROY, PALMER ARCHIPELAGO, ANTARCTICA
Abstract: Goudier Island is located in the Palmer Archipelago, to the west of the Antarctic ... Peninsula; it is one of the most frequently visited tourist sites in Antarctica. A number of gentoo penguin ... anywhere in the Antarctic. In this paper we describe the population trends and breeding productivity ... consecutive years beginning in the 1996/1997 breeding season. Our results demonstrate that all colonies show ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P07 : Author(s): P.N. Trathan, J. Forcada, R. Atkinson, R.H. Downie and J.R. Shears
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Further calculations of the effects of krill fishing on predators
situation where predator survival rates depend on other factors in addition to krill biomass. This is ... random component in the relationship between krill biomass and availability. An examination of the ... consequences in the case of the blackbrowed albatross suggest that these other factors result in yet lesser ... estimate the levels of krill harvesting which would result in halving the sizes of various krill predator ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/24 : Author(s): D.S. Butterworth and R.B. Thomson (South Africa)
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Analysis of the by-catch of Channichthys rhinoceratus and Lepidonotothen squamifrons from the fisheries at Heard Island and the McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2)
squamifrons are among the most common species bycaught in the toothfish and mackerel icefish trawl fisheries ... at Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) (Division 58.5.2). These species are rarely taken in the ... .). In the toothfish fishery both species are taken, whereas C. rhinoceratus is much more common in the ... research data analysed in this study shows that both species are widespread over the plateau in waters of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/24 : Author(s): G.B. Nowara, D.C. Welsford, S.G. Candy and T.D. Lamb (Australia)
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Report on attendance at the Third Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection Under the Madrid Protocol
Abstract: This report outlines the participation of the SC-CAMLR Chair in the Third Meeting of ... debris, especially in relation to compliance with Protocol Annex IV; (b) SC-CAMLR should consider the ... designation of Specially Protected Species in respect of its own needs and in relation to available IUCN ... criteria; (c) CCAMLR's consideration of l\-larine Protected Areas should be carried forward and in ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/17 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee
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PHYSICAL CONTROLS ON CORAL COMMUNITIES ON THE GEORGE V LAND SLOPE: SOME WORKING HYPOTHESES
been identified as a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem in the Antarctic. The challenge is now to understand ... slope in depths of 570 – 950 m. Based on these results we propose some working hypotheses to explain ... their distribution. Icebergs scour to 500 m in this region and the lack of such disturbance is probably ... a factor allowing growth of rich benthic ecosystems. In addition, the richest communities are found ...
Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/04 : Author(s): De Santis, L., Riddle, M.J., Beaman, R.J., Post, A.L., O’Brien, P.E.
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ADDING CATCH AT AGE AND SURVEY DATA TO THE 48.3 TOOTHFISH CASAL ASSESSMENT
Abstract: The catch-at-age based CASAL model for toothfish in Subarea 48.3, which was presented ... in 2007, is developed and extended here to include survey data. Additional adjustments to the model ... but in the past some cohorts have been missed by the survey. Fits to the survey CPUE are generally not ... retardation period and rate of tag loss. When these factors are included in the model the fits to the tag ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/13 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew and M. Belchier (United Kingdom)
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Dietary segregation of krill-eating South Georgia seabirds
period in 1986. For five species, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba was the main food (39-98% by mass ... , was different between all seabird species, reflecting some combination of differences in foraging ... ranges. selectivity by predators, or differences in escape responses of krill. For the krill-eating ... success and information on diet in 5-10 other years suggest that in 1986 seabird diet and reproductive ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/15 : Author(s): Prince, P.A., Croxall, J.P., Reid, K.