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1. Foraging patterns in the Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) at Harmony Point, Antarctica

   usually foraged once a day; females early in the morning and males when their partners returned to the ... reduce the extension of the foraging trips which in years of scarce food availability may no result in ... reducing the daily total time spent foraging due to the marked increment in the number of trips required to ... . The possibility of using the foraging parameters considered in this study in monitoring programmes is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/22 : Author(s): R. Casaux and A. Baroni (Argentina)

2. Herpes virus antibodies in Arctocephalus gazella from Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica

   bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) strain. Antibodies against BHV-1 were detected in four (7.4%) samples. The ... utility of the extra vascular fluid for serological research in this matter is suggested. It is also ... research on diseases in Antarctic wildlife, considering it interesting to be discussed in the WG-EMM agenda ... be considered in the Antarctic Treaty System, in order to provide control tasks for regulate the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/59 : Author(s): O. Blank, J.M. Montt, M. Celedón and D. Torres (Chile)

3. Foraging trip duration in male and female macaroni penguins at Bouvetøya

   Abstract:  The CEMP Standard Methods for monitoring foraging trip duration in Macaroni Penguins ... -transmitters in the middle of the brooding period (chick age 12-18 days) and 17 females instrumented at the ... were shorter (average 21.8 h). Female foraging trips averaged 27.2 h. No apparent changes in the ... attendance periods in the colony where shorter (average 11.9 h) than those of males (average 21.4 h), and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/28 : Author(s): F. Mehlum, K. Isaksen and V. Bakken (Norway)

4. THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (CCAMLR) AND THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH As published in the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2008

   Abstract:  Lack of adequate governance of the high seas areas has resulted in the continued ... management policies, can be an important tool to reverse this situation. CCAMLR was a pioneer in the ... continues to be a leader in its implementation. Ȁ rough its actions at scientific, institutional and ... fisheries. CCAMLR has many achievements in this regard, but needs to face new challenges posed by the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/25 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

5. Krill aggregation characteristics: spatial distribution patterns from hydroacoustic observations. Polar Biology (in press)

   superba Dana) aggregations detected and sized acoustically in the south-west Indian Ocean are described ... . The aggregations were on average considerably smaller than elsewhere in the Antarctic. Aggregation ... is consistent with the absence of pronounced hydrographic or topographic concentrating mechanisms in ... scale of I km, suggesting that they could have been in the process of fragmenting or amalgamating ...

   Meeting Document : WS-KCPUE-89/11 : Author(s): D.G.M. Miller and I. Hampton (South Africa)

6. Research plan for exploratory fishing for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in East Antarctica (Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2) by Australia

   Abstract:  Exploratory fishing for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in East Antarctica (Divisions ... 58.4.1 and 58.4.2) began in 2003. Robust stock assessment and catch limits according to CCAMLR decision ... Conservation Measure 41–01 to support a proposal for an Australian vessel to participate in exploratory fishing ... (highlighted in blue). Standardised longline fishing, in conjunction with fish biological measurements, tagging ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/47 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

7. Analyses of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in Divisions 58.4.1 during the 2013/14 season and 58.4.3b during the 2014/15 season

   data from four IUU vessels including reported removals, video footage, and catch in gillnets recovered ... by an NGO vessel. As requested in WG-FSA-17 paragraph 2.16, this document provides an analysis of the ... spatio-temporal distributions of catch and effort by the Chang Bai, Nihewan and Jiangfeng in Division ... 58.4.1 during the 2013/14 season, as well as the Thunder in Division 58.4.3b during the 2014/15 season ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/60 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia and CCAMLR Secretariat

8. Preliminary results from the International Synoptic Krill Survey in Area 48, 2019

   Abstract:  Preliminary results from the International Synoptic Krill Survey in Area 48, 2019, are ... presented. Of the six vessels that participated in the survey, this report provides methods and preliminary ... stations. Acoustic transects and trawling were carried out as per survey procedures developed in 2018 ... , which were based on the methods and procedures used in the CCAMLR 2000 krill acoustic survey ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/47 : Author(s): G. Macaulay, G. Skaret, T. Knutsen, O.A. Bergstad, B. Krafft, S. Fielding, S.G. Choi, S. Chung, K. Demianenko, V. Podhornyi, K. Vishnyakova, L. Pshenichnov, A. Chuklin, A. Shishman and M.J. Cox

9. A hypothetical life cycle for Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni in Antarctic waters of CCAMLR Statistical Area 88

   Dissostichus mawsoni in CCAMLR Statistical Areas 88.1 & 88.2 were reviewed. Based on the presumed location ... of the smallest toothfish taken in the toothfish fishery. Our present hypothesis is that D. mawsoni ... in CCAMLR Statistical Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 spawn to the north of the Antarctic continental slope ... the Ross Sea in Subarea 88.2. As the juveniles grow in size they move west back towards the Ross Sea ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/35 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, G.J. Rickard, J.M. Fenaughty, A. Dunn and M.J. Williams (New Zealand)

10. Adélie penguin population change in the pacific sector of Antarctica: relation to sea-ice extent and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Abstract:  One of the longest continuing data sets involving a marine organism in the Antarctic is ... environmental factors; and used path analysis to analyze annual variation in population growth in relation to ... , and inversely, by the extent of sea-ice in the study area 5 winters earlier, and in some way related ... strong correlations to ice conditions in the eastern portion of the study area (174 to 130°W), and ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/23 : Author(s): P.R. Wilson (New Zealand), D.G. Ainley, N. Nur, S.S. Jacobs (USA), K.J. Barton (New Zealand), G. Ballard and J.C. Comiso (USA)

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