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1. Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment – 2019 Update

   Abstract:  This update by SCAR on recent advances in our understanding of climate change across ... ecosystems, builds on the material included in the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE) report ... , published by SCAR in 2009 (Turner et al. 2009), with an update of the key points in 2013 (Turner et al. 2014 ... abreast of recent advances in climate science, with a particular focus on Antarctic climate change and the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-38/BG/17 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

2. The impact of the hake Merluccus spp. longline fishery off South Africa on Procellariiform seabirds

   Abstract:  In 1994, an experimental longline fisheri for hake Merluccius spp. commenced in the ... white-chinned petrels a year in South African waters at a rate of 0.44 birds per 1000 hooks. This ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/55 : Author(s): Boix-Hinzen, C., Barnes, K.N., Ryan, P.G.

3. Identification and speciation of Antarctic skates

   (COI) were sequenced in 9 species of Bathyraja skates from the Southern Oceans and New Zealand. Based ... Ross Sea and South Atlantic. However, for Bathyraja n. sp. cf. eatonii and Bathyraja maccaini in the ... species in the North Pacific Ocean. Despite investigating four colour characters, eight meristic ... dorsal colouration was unreliable. Proportional disc width showed substantial changes in shape between ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/27 : Author(s): P.J. Smith, C.D. Roberts, A.L. Stewart, M. McVeagh and C.D. Struthers (New Zealand)

4. An assessment of longlining operations for Dissostichus eleginoides on board the Chilean-registered longliner BF Cisne Verde during March–May 1997 around South Georgia (Subarea 48.3)

   maturity was also larger. The proportion of mature fish in the male population sampled was 52.0%, but was ... only 24% in the female population. The mean daily loss rate of toothfish observed at the hauling point ... CPUE by numbers between catches in 1994 and 1997 despite reduction in CPUE by weight indicated that ... exclusion effects may be important in determining the catch taken by longlines. Continuing decreases in size ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/41 : Author(s): Ashford, J.R., Everson, I.

5. Compliance requirements for an orderly development of the krill fishery

   in Statistical Division 58.4.2 Australia noted that while the scientific data supported an increase ... , such a large increase required the inclusion of other elements in the conservation measure to ... number of compliance measures that have proven successful in managing the toothfish fisheries that are ... catches at port in CM 10-03 (Port inspections of vessels carrying toothfish). o Components of CM 21-02 ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVI/31 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

6. Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. XYX, Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Victoria Land, Ross Sea

   Abstract:  Edmonson Point (74°20' S, 165°08' E) is located in Wood Bay, Victoria Land ... -free areas in Northern Victoria Land and was first identified in the 1980s as a site that could merit ... special protection. The site is representative in the sense that a wide range of freshwater habitats is ... present, and is considered excellent for studies on biogeochemical processes in lakes; vegetation is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/7 : Author(s): Delegation of Italy

7. A krill–predator–fishery model for evaluating candidate management procedures

   Statistical Area 48 amongst smaller spatial units in order to minimize the localized depletion of krill in ... necessary to evaluate these procedures in terms of their likely effects on krill and predator populations as ... well as fishery performance. This evaluation must be conducted in the context of considerable ... running the model in S-Plus and illustrate its use. Finally, we conclude that although our model ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/13 : Author(s): G.M. Watters, J.T. Hinke (USA), K. Reid and S. Hill (United Kingdom)

8. An interlaboratory comparison of ages estimated for Dissostichus eleginoides from the Argentine Sea, southwest Atlantic Ocean

   Abstract:  To examine consistency among laboratories in age estimation of Patagonian toothfish and ... 124 fishes caughts in Argentine Sea (South West Atlantic) Ages were estimated by readers from National ... a clearer section. More hyaline bands were visible in the NIWA preparations, particularly near the ... otoliths could not be classified as easy to read, the clarity of their zones is quite similar in the South ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/45 : Author(s): M.C. Cassia (Argentina), P.L. Horn (New Zealand) and J.R. Ashford (USA)

9. Defining predator foraging ranges, illustrated using Adélie penguin foraging tracks from Mawson coast

   taking into account interannual variation in foraging locations? This paper considers the issues to be ... addressed in answering that question. The proposed method for defining foraging ranges is based on an ... effort and this is used to delineate a feeding ground for Adélie penguins on the Mawson coast in eastern ... these foraging ranges for the purposes of small-scale management units may need to be examined in three ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/41 : Author(s): I.R. Ball, A.J. Constable, J. Clarke and L. Emmerson (Australia)

10. Predation on fish by the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, at King George Island, South Shetland Islands, as reflected by stomach lavage

    , were stomach lavaged at King George Island in order to analyse their diet. The two major prey types ... were cephalopods and fish which ocurred respectively in 98,1% and 14% of stomachs containing prey ... nicholsi which constituted in number 69% of the otoliths found. This species was followed by the ... nototheniid Pleuragramma antarcticum which represented 11,7% in number and 31,3% in frequency of occurrence ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/58 : Author(s): G.A. Daneri and A.R. Carlini (Argentina)

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