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Program of research to improve the seabird by-catch mitigation effectiveness of the Spanish system of longline fishing
reduce the amount of fishing gear (and ghost fishing) lost in benthic habitats by Spanish system vessels ... in the Convention area and, potentially, in other fisheries where Spanish system vessels operate. A ... step-wise approach will be taken using a chartered fishing vessel in Chile to trial various line ... used by Spanish system vessels. The objectives are to (a) reduce the degree of lofting in hook lines ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/12 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia) and C. Moreno (Chile)
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Population and breeding of the gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua at Marion Island, 1994/95 to 2002/03
fell by 40%, from 1994/95 to 2002/03 from 1 352 pairs to 806 pairs. Apart from a slight increase in ... 1998/99, there was a steady decrease in numbers breeding between 1995/96 and 2000/01, when the ... population stabilized. There is indication that in some years not all breeders nested and that some birds ... chicks in 1997/98 and 0.58 chicks in 2002/03 (mean 0.38 ± 0.21). In 1994/95, replacement clutches ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/16 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, J. Cooper, M. du Toit, M.D. Greyling, B. Hanise, C.L. Holness, D.G. Keith, J.L. Nel, S.L. Petersen, K. Spencer, D. Tshingana and A.C. Wolfaardt (South Africa)
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Proposal to strengthen monitoring and control of transhipments
activities that occur inside the Convention Area. However, as noted by SCIC in 2014, it is not clear whether ... -09 to clarify that Contracting Party vessels engaged in transhipment activities within the Convention ... in accordance with Conservation Measure 10-02. The proposal would also establish an NCP Transhipment ... cooperating with CCAMLR in the monitoring and control of transhipment. This procedure would require that non ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/27 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA
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Scientific requirements for an orderly development of the krill fishery
precautionary catch limit for krill in Statistical Division 58.4.2 of 1.49 million tonnes (up from 450 000 ... supported the large increase in the precautionary catch limit, such a large increase required the inclusion ... of other elements in the conservation measure to facilitate the orderly and precautionary development ... ensure that they are in place prior to any problems arising in the fishery. The rationale for the timing ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/23 : Author(s): A. Constable, G. Slocum and S. Nicol (Australia)
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REPORTS UNDER ARTICLES X, XXI AND XXII OF THE CONVENTION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES 10-06 AND 10-07 – IUU FISHING AND IUU VESSEL LISTS 2009/10
Vessel Lists 2010 1. Comm Circ 10/68 of 1 July 2010 advised Members that no reports had been received in ... Vessel List for 2010. Adopted IUU Vessel Lists 2. The combined IUU Vessel Lists adopted in 2009 are ... provided in Appendix I. Changes of details such as names and flags of a number of vessels were notified to ... with an asterisk in Appendix I. 3. In accordance with Conservation Measure 10-06 paragraph 12 (ii) and ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/16 : Author(s): Secretariat
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New research consistent with a proposed draft Research and Monitoring Plan for a Ross Sea region MPA
Abstract: In 2013 New Zealand and the USA submitted a draft research and monitoring plan to ... accompany a proposal for a Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea region. In this paper we describe new ... activities identified therein. We also identify new research proposals submitted in the past year that are ... also expected to address priority activities identified in the plan. All CCAMLR Members are encouraged ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIII/BG/24 : Author(s): Delegations of New Zealand and the USA
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Beach debris survey - Main Bay, Bird Island, South Georgia 1993/94
% decrease in overall debris levels (225 items in 1993/94 compared with 280 items reported in 1992/93 ... that in 1992/93). Of the winter debris, 60% occurred in September, following severe gales. Nylon line ... , comprising 77% of debris, was mainly identical to material used in the long-line fishery, as indicated by ... onwards, coinciding with fishing activity in the South Georgia area. All polypropylene packing bands found ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XIV/BG/10 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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CEMP INDICES: 2011 UPDATE
indicator species collected by standard methods in the three Integrated Study Regions of the Convention Area ... anomalies in these data. This report covers biological indices only. Six Members submitted data for 13 sites ... and 12 CEMP parameters in 2010/11. No data was received from CEMP sites in Area 88. Since 1989/90, a ... total of 116 anomalous values (anomalies, see Appendix 1) have been observed in the times series of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/06 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus on Cape gannets Morus capensis at Malgas Island, Western Cape, South Africa
(Morus capensis) fledglings around Malgas Island in the 2000/01 breeding season, 11 000 in 2003/04 and 10 ... 000 in 2005/06. This amounted to about 29%, 83% and 57% of the overall production of fledglings at the ... island in these breeding seasons, respectively. Preliminary modelling suggests this predation is not ... sustainable. There was a 25% reduction in the size of the colony, the second largest of only six extant Cape ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/9 : Author(s): A.B. Makhado, R.J.M. Crawford and L.G. Underhill (South Africa)
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Estimation of the green weight of krill caught
Abstract: Vessels operating in the krill fishery in CCAMLR’s Convention Area have been required ... revised at WG-EMM-13 and published in Conservation Measure 21-03 Annex B. Estimates of green weight and ... parameter values are reported in each vessel’s haul-by-haul catch and effort data. This paper reviews the ... data reported in 2013/14 (to May 2014). Vessels fishing in 2013/14 used six methods for the direct ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/29 : Author(s): Secretariat