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1. Identifying marine protected areas (MPAs) in data-poor regions to conserve biodiversity and to monitor ecosystem change: an Antarctic case study

   Abstract:  The World Summit on Sustainable Development implementation plan requires, by 2012, a ... representative system of marine protected areas (RSMPA) for the purposes of long-term conservation of marine ... biodiversity.  A great challenge for meeting this goal, particularly in data-poor regions, is to avoid ... is needed for identifying areas in data-poor regions that would enable the objectives to be achieved ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/05 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, B. Raymond, S. Doust, D. Welsford (Australia), P. Koubbi (France) and A.L. Post (Australia)

2. An overview and some preliminary results of a biological/oceanographic survey off the coast of East Antarctica (80-150°e) carried out in January to March 1996

   between January and April 1996. The focus was on the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill in ... CCAMLR Statistical Area 58.4.1 but in addition, measurements were also made on a whole suite of ... measured and provides an overview of some preliminary results. Author(s):  de la Mare, W., Wright, S ... ., Bindoff, N., Thiele, D., Pauly, T., Gillespie, D., Woehler, E., Nicol, S. Title:  An overview and some ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/29 : Author(s): de la Mare, W., Wright, S., Bindoff, N., Thiele, D., Pauly, T., Gillespie, D., Woehler, E., Nicol, S.

3. Report on attendance at the Fourth Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection Under the Madrid Protocol

   CEP reported on progress to find appropriate criteria for and a mechanism to ensure consistency in ... specified Terms of Reference; (2) A report from an intersessional contact group on Diseases of Antarctic ... the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP-IV) under the Madrid Protocol. The most important ... issues of relevance to SC-CAMLR are: (1) A report of an open-ended intersessional contact group of the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/03 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee

4. Results of the fifth Ross Sea shelf survey to monitor abundance of sub-adult Antarctic toothfish in the southern Ross Sea, February 2016, and notification for continuation in 2017

   ; and (2) to monitor trends in larger (large sub-adult and adult) toothfish abundance in two areas (both situated ... distributions indicate than another stronger year class has entered the population with a mode at 75 cm ... , and that the older year class has 100 cm. The decline in the catch rates from 2012–2015 was correlated ... out of the core survey area, as well as the relatively weaker subsequent year classes. The increase ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-16/14 : Author(s): A. Dunn, C. Jones, S. Mormede and S. Parker

5. Research plan to assess the stock status of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.2

   to 80 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. in 2013/14. The notification was submitted on 30 April 2013 ... tonnes of Dissostichus spp. in 2013/14. The notification was submitted on 30 April 2013 and in accordance ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/15 : Author(s): Submitted by the Secretariat on behalf of Ukraine

6. Sources of information on Global Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

   considered as a starting point for further research. Title:  Sources of information on Global Marine ... Abstract:  This information paper is a compilation of websites and publications on Marine ... Protected Areas (MPAs). The paper is intended as an educational guide and contains an array of national ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/31

7. Development in maturity stage composition and vertical distribution in an Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) hotspot

   Abstract:  Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) aggregate in various ways depending on a range of ... such as shelf edges and canyons, are considered as hotspots of high importance for regional pelagic ... ecosystems and also for the krill fishing industry. Despite the importance of such krill hotspots, their ... regular operation was used as a platform for frequent collection of biological data to investigate krill ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/15 : Author(s): B.A. Krafft, G. Skaret and T. Knutsen (Norway)

8. Acoustic monitoring and evaluation of krill in the Antarctic ecosystem Bransfield Strait and around Elephant Island during ANTAR XXI and XXII, aboard RV Humboldt, Peru

   at high densities between 20 and 50 m deep while overnight, dispersed and scattered swarms were detected ... from the surface to 20 m deep. A wide distribution of krill in the study area, the highest densities ... between 20 and 50 m deep while overnight, dispersed and scattered swarms were detected from the surface ... to 20 m deep. A wide distribution of krill in the study area, the highest densities (> 1000 m / mn ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/76 : Author(s): R. Cornejo, M. Flores and J. Zuzunaga

9. Krill distribution and biomass variability within Subarea 48.3 in June 1991

   . The maximum horizontal extension of swarms was 120 m, although about 70% of swarms were of 30 m in length ... . The maximum horizontal extension of swarms was 120 m, although about 70% of swarms were of 30 m in length ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/35 : Author(s): S.M. Kasatkina, E.N. Tymokhin, P.P. Fedulov and K.E. Shulgovskiy (Russia)

10. Seabird research at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica, 2004/05

    to decline over the past six years, and is at its lowest size in the past eight years of study, and fledging ... success was poor compared to earlier years of study. The gentoo breeding population, in contrast, has ... of both species decreased from last year, and were the lowest average weights seen over nine years ... in the 46-50mm range, continuing a four year trend of increasing proportions of female krill ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/9 : Author(s): A.K. Miller, E. Leung and W.Z. Trivelpiece (USA)

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