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1. Continuation of multi-Member research on the Dissostichus eleginoides exploratory fishery in 2018/19 in Division 58.4.3a by France and Japan

   Abstract:  In Division 58.4.3a, since 2012, research fishing has been conducted in the research ... Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.4.3a (WG-FSA-16/55) was presented to WG-FSA-16, which included research ... objectives, methods and milestones in accordance with Conservation Measure 41-06 and associated measures. In ... their exploratory fisheries in Division 58.4.3a over the coming years in order to contribute to the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-18/08 : Author(s): Delegations of France and Japan

2. NEW REGIONAL-SCALE SURVEYS OF THE ADÉLIE PENGUIN BREEDING POPULATION IN PRYDZ BAY: A STEP TOWARDS IMPROVED ESTIMATION OF KRILL CONSUMPTION IN EAST ANTARCTICA

   . A review of historical Adélie penguin survey data in east Antarctica revealed Prydz Bay as a ... largest breeding population of Adélie penguins in east Antarctica but the most recent abundance survey was ... conducted 30 years ago. To understand current levels of prey consumption in east Antarctica it is therefore ... critical to understand if population numbers in Prydz Bay have changed in the past three decades ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/32 : Author(s): C. Southwell, J. McKinlay, K. Newbery, L. Emmerson and J. Lieser (Australia)

3. Ecosystem studies carried out during the second Ukrainian Marine Antarctic Expedition in Subareas 48.2 and 48.1 in 1998

   Abstract:  In 1998 the 2nd Ukrainian Marine Complex Antarctic Expedition (UMCAE) on board ... scientific research vessel "Ernst Krenkel" took place in the western part of the Atlantic sector of ... important components in the pelagic ecosystems of the areas under review. In Subarea 48.2 there were fixed ... times than the same indices for 1997). In Subarea 48.1 there were revealed the differences in size ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/5 : Author(s): V. Bibik and P. Gozhik (Ukraine)

4. Review of activities in monitoring marine debris in the CAMLR Convention Area

   Abstract:  In 2011 data on beach surveys, debris associated with seabird colonies, marine mammal ... -fishing items such as packaging and wood remain the most common type of debris items found in beach ... found in beach surveys with closed bands found at Bird Island (1) and King George Island (3), despite ... Conservation Measure 26-01 requiring packaging bands to be cut up into 30 cm pieces. The amount of debris in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-11/04 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat

5. Temporal variability in Antarctic marine ecosystems: periodic fluctuations in the phocid seals

   Abstract:  Three species of seals around Antarctica have shown quasi-cyclic patterns in some ... (Hydrurga leptonyx) have appeared in unusually large numbers at Macquarie Island, also at 4- to 5-yr ... intervals; and Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in McMurdo Sound have undergone fluctuations in ... behavior when demodulated at a period of 5 yr. The Weddell seals were generally in phase with the SOI since ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-91/13 : Author(s): J.W. Testa, G. Oehlert, D.G. Ainley, J.L. Bengtson, D.B. Siniff, R.M. Laws and D. Rounsevell (USA)

6. Research plan for toothfish in Divisions 58.4.4a and 58.4.4b by Shinsei Maru No. 3 in 2010/11

   Abstract:  In order to clarify the stock status and biological characteristics of Dissostichus spp ... . In Division 58.4.4 a & b, we submit this research plan for toothfish in the Division by Shinsei ... Maru No. 3 to be conducted in April-June 2011. This is the second year of the survey of the 3-5 years ... consecutive research focusing on tagging program, recommended by WG-SAM-09 in this Division, following the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/15 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

7. Trends in entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at South Georgia

   Abstract:  A study conducted at South Georgia in 1988/1989 indicated that several thousand ... Antarctic fur seals were entangled mainly in man-made material originating from fishing vessels ... incidence has been halved in recent years. However, the South Georgia fur seal population has approximately ... doubled in the same period, so that the overall total of animals entangled may even have increased ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XV/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

8. Proposal by the Russian Federation to open Areas of Special Scientific Interest in three sectors of Antarctica in the CCAMLR Convention Area

   Abstract:  According to the Antarctic Treaty, which came into force in 1961, Antarctica is an area ... scientific research and biological resources in the Southern Ocean. The regulations on such activities are ... set forth in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and are governed ... expiration date of the Antarctic Treaty, nations are more actively showing an interest in this region and ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/22 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation

9. Foraging energetics of Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in prey availability

   when food was plentiful and when it was scarce. The energy expenditure and change in body mass of ... lactating female Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, foraging at sea was measured in two years using ... doubly labeled water at South Georgia Island. There was no difference between years in mass gain, water ... . Krill, the nearly exclusive prey of breeding females, were very scarce in 1984 at South Georgia. Fur ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom

10. Revised research plan for toothfish in Divisions 58.4.4 a and 58.4.4b by Shinsei maru No. 3 in 2012/13

    Abstract:  A tagging survey in SSRUs B and C in Division 58.4.4 a & b was conducted in the ... structure, size, movement and growth of Dissostichus spp. in the centred area of Division 58.4.4 a & b ... . An approximate stock biomass level of Dissostichus spp. in the survey area was tentatively estimated ... ton) was smaller than that 1 928 tonnes estimated in the WG-FSA meeting in 2011 (SC-CAMLR XXX, Annext ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/58 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

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