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1. ENTANGLEMENT OF ANTARCTIC FUR SEALS ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA IN MAN-MADE DEBRIS AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA DURING THE 2007 WINTER AND 2007/08 BREEDING SEASON

   March 2008 a total of 36 entangled seals were observed. Sixteen and 20 entanglements were observed in ... proportion of entanglements were in sections of fishing net (40%). Packing bands were the second most ... abundant entangling material in both summer (38%) and winter (25%). The majority of entanglements (78 ... %) involved juveniles (including pups and sub-adults), comprising 88% in winter and 65% in summer. Data for ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/27 : Author(s): E.W.J. Edwards (UK)

2. A method to evaluate selection of Antarctic krill in towed fishing gears

   Abstract:  The pelagic trawlers involved in the fishery for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ... traditionally collected during timely and costly fishing experiments in the field where one design is tested at ... the morphology of the species in quest and the shapes of the relevant mesh types, to predict the size ... selectivity by mathematical modeling. After making modifications with the procedures in FISHSELECT to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/34 : Author(s): L.A. Krag, B. Herrmann (Denmark), S. Iversen, A. Engås, S. Nordrum and B.A. Krafft (Norway)

3. Inter-annual variability in krill density at South Georgia: 1997–2012

   Abstract:  Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are a key species in Southern Ocean ecosystems ... , maintaining very large numbers of predators, and fluctuations in their abundance can affect the overall ... structure and functioning of the ecosystems. The inter-annual variability in the abundance and biomass of ... krill was examined using a 15 year time series of acoustic observations undertaken in the Western Core ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/14 : Author(s): S. Fielding, J.L Watkins, P. Trathan, P. Enderlein, C. Waluda, C. Goss, G. Stowasser, G. Tarling and E. Murphy (United Kingdom)

4. The applicability of international conservation instruments to the establishment of marine protected areas in Antarctica

   , depending on their specific provisions, full application in Antarctic waters may be difficult, inappropriate ... principles of maritime jurisdiction embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS ... to the existence of territorial sovereignty and corresponding maritime zones in the area south of 60 ... °S. In addition, the instruments of the Antarctic Treaty System already provide for resource ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/30 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

5. Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in the diet of upper trophic level predators at South Georgia: implications for fisheries management

   fisheries. Data on the frequency and size structure of C. gunnari in the diet of Antarctic fur seals ... . gunnari population. C. gunnari occurred in 20 – 40 % of scats from Antarctic fur seals and comprised 48 ... dominant mode at 180-200 mm total length (1+ age class), with strong cohorts entering the population in ... 1993, 1996, 1999 and 2001. A recruitment index based on the contribution by mass of the 1+ age-class in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/74 : Author(s): K. Reid, S. Hill and T. Diniz (United Kingdom)

6. Preliminary assessment of Dissostichus eleginoides on the Heard Island Plateau (Division 58.5.2) based on a survey in April–May 2003

   1999. A minor revision to the recruitment series resulted in a relatively small reduction in the ... term yields. Further work is required to evaluate the implications of current uncertainty in the rate ... design of the annual survey indicated some variability in survey catchability between years and suggest ... 2003 season saw the operation of the first commercial long line vessel in 58.5.2. An initial comparison ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/33 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, C.R. Davies, R. Williams and T. Lamb (Australia)

7. A feasibility study for stock assessment of D. mawsoni in the Ross Sea (Subares 88.1 and 88.2) using a tag and recapture experiment

   purpose of stock assessment of the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea. An ... exploratory fishery for D. mawsoni has been operating since 1997-98. Catches have increased from ~40 t in 1997 ... -98 to nearly 1800 t in 2002-03. Although some Patagonian toothfish (D. eleginoides) are taken in the ... 90% D. mawsoni) have been tagged and released in the area, from vessels operating in the exploratory ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM 03/10 : Author(s): K.J. Sullivan, N.W.McL. Smith, J. McKenzie and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

8. Monitoring marine debris and its impact on marine living resources in Antarctic waters

   of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in response to a request from CEP-IV for information on ... actions taken by CCAMLR on marine debris from fishing vessels, especially in relation to compliance with ... level of marine debris and its impact on marine living resources in Antarctic waters. Long-term programs ... and seabirds, ingestion by seabirds of plastic materials and entanglement of marine mammals in fishery ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/16 : Author(s): Secretariat

9. Modelling the dynamics of krill populations in the Antarctic Peninsula region

   estimates of recruitment to the population can be used to model in detail interannual variation in the ... dynamics of krill are used to assess to what extent they can explain the observed changes in the density of ... the population in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Two approaches have been explored: the first uses ... (?43% per annum). In both cases however the mortality rate estimate is poorly constrained in a range ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/56 : Author(s): E.J. Murphy (United Kingdom), A. Constable (Australia) and D. Agnew (United Kingdom)

10. Investigations on midwater trawling for krill (Euphausia superba) in the Southern Ocean

    Abstract:  Results of harvesting operations for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in Fishing ... Area 58 in the Indian Ocean Sector of Southern Ocean, during the First Indian Antarctic Krill ... Expedition (27 December 1995- 10 March 1996) on board FORV Sagar Sampada are summarised in this paper. 18 ... hauls were made using a 2.5 m Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl (IKMT) in the area 59°00’-61°08' S lat; 30 ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/38 : Author(s): M.R. Bhoopendranath, M.K.R. Nair, A. Anrose and V.C. George (India)

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