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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
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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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Some notes on by-catch of fishes and salps caught by the fishery vessel Niitaka Maru in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (January to February 1999)
fisheries by F/V Niitaka Maru were made from 3 January to 4 February 1999 in the vicinity of the South ... Chaenodraco wilsoni were found in 4 trawl catches. On the contrary, salps were captured as by-catch in 69 ... macrura and Euphausia superba was not found in their stomachs. Abundance of salps in krill catches could ... (>2500 ind./t of krill) occurred in hauls with the low krill catch rates (Author(s): T. Iwami, S ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/54 : Author(s): T. Iwami, S. Kawaguchi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Unhappy feet: the reduction of Adélie and chinstrap penguin populations in the West Antarctic Peninsula/Scotia Sea
) in the West Antarctic Peninsula/Scotia Sea area. According to this scientific paper, Adélie and ... chinstrap penguin populations have declined more than 50% during the last 30 years at study colonies in the ... South Shetland Islands. This is consistent with the declines in both species throughout the Scotia Sea ... in the abundance of their main prey, Antarctic krill, which is affected by climate change. In this ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXX/BG/21 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC
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SPATIAL PATTERNS IN MACKEREL ICEFISH DIET PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO KRILL ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves in January 2009. The results show that the diet of this normally ... low in Antarctic krill (7 % IRI) compared with similar data for the same month in 2004-2006. The ... occurrence of krill in the diet with earlier data sets (1967-1992) show that 2009 is not unique, as similarly ... poor krill years occurred in 1969, 1978 and 1991. Spatial analysis of icefish diet indicates ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/27 : Author(s): M.A. Collins and C.E. Main (United Kingdom)
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A PROPOSAL TO AMEND CONSERVATION MEASURE 21-03 WITH REGARDS TO THE USE OF NEW FISHING GEAR IN THE KRILL FISHERIES (AND SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT TO CONSERVATION MEASURE 21-01)
Abstract: At CCAMLR XXVI there was significant discussion in the Commission regarding a ... notification to conduct pair trawling operations in the krill fisheries in the 2007/08 season. During the ... discussion it was suggested that as the pair trawling method had not previously been used in the CCAMLR Area ... and there were no established data collection and analysis methods, the use of pair trawling in the ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/36 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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Preliminary results from the Argentine tagging program for the Patagonian toothfish in the south-western Atlantic
Abstract: A Tagging Program for Patagonian toothfish in the longline Argentine fishery outside ... migration of Patagonian toothfish in order to increase biological knowledge on the species and improve ... resource management in the South-Western Atlantic Ocean. The program started in 2004 and some 4900 juvenile ... Development (INIDEP). The chosen tag was an orange standard anchor T-bar tag, similar to those used in other ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-12/32 : Author(s): P.A. Martínez, J.A. Waessle and O.C. Wöhler (Argentina)
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Characterising catch and effort from data-poor toothfish fisheries in CCAMLR Divisions 58.4.3 – 58.4.4
effort in Divisions 58.4.4a, 58.4.4b, 58.4.3a and 58.4.3b is presented. Information analysed corresponds ... to fishing logbooks recorded in the exploratory fisheries carried out between July 2000 and March ... 2012. During this period, a total of 9 countries registered fishing operations in which 1811 sets were ... Bank) accumulated the highest proportion of allocated effort in which a total of 948 sets (52\%) were ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/41 : Author(s): J.C. Quiroz, R. Wiff (Chile) and P. Martinez (Argentina)
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A proposal for a standardised survey for Antarctic toothfish in McMurdo Sound
through the annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound to monitor the age composition, diet, maturity, and local ... abundance of Antarctic toothfish. A pilot season was carried out in 2014, where sampling gear and ... methodology for a standardised hook and line survey were trialled in McMurdo Sound. Data collected will be ... mammalian predators in the area. Age composition, physiology, and diet objectives can be met with the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/33 : Author(s): S.J. Parker, S.M. Hanchet and S. Mormede (New Zealand)
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Summary of the seabird and marine mammal observations during observed toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) longline fishing operations in CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2
operations that targeted toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in 2001–03 in Sub-areas 88.1 and 88.2. The ... distribution of fishing effort was dictated by the presence of sea ice and there are differences in the seabird ... composition reported each year because of variation in the spatial distribution of the seabirds. At-sea ... ), and snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea). The highest species diversity was in waters north of about 70º S ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/42 : Author(s): S.J. Baird (New Zealand)