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An overview of a large ecosystem survey of the southwest Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2)
Division 58.4.2 (the South West Indian Ocean Sector of the Southern Ocean 30-80°E) in January-March 2006 ... as adopted in previous B0 surveys in the CCAMLR Area and was designed so that the results would be ... being prepared for a special Issue of Deep-Sea Research for publication in 2008. Author(s): S. Nicol, S ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/15 : Author(s): S. Nicol, S. Kawaguchi, T. Jarvis, G. Williams, N. Bindoff, D. Thiele (Australia), J. Schwarz (Germany), A. Davidson, S. Wright, J. Gedamke and P. Thompson (Australia)
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Fitting a von Bertalanffy growth model to length-at-age data accounting for length-dependent fishing selectivity and length-stratified sub-sampling of length frequency samples
Abstract: Response-biased sampling in the context of regression modelling occurs when sample ... units are selected with a probability that is a function of the response. In sampling to obtain fish to ... caught is length-dependent in (i) and when fixed sample sizes per length bin or class are employed in (ii ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-05/13 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)
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Fishing gear, marine debris and oil associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 2001/02
the ninth such annual report. Fewer hooks and other longline fishery discards were recorded in ... snowy sheathbill (synthetic rope) was recorded for the first time in the study. More marine debris was ... found in association with wandering albatrosses (largely food wrappers and plastic bags) and grey-headed ... albatrosses (mostly small plastic fragments) than in any previous year. Small quantities of marine debris ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXI/BG/07 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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CONVENORS’ REPORT OF THE WG-IMAF WORKSHOP
might operate and the implications for its work. The workshop agreed that in future ad hoc WG-IMAF ... reflect a purpose and revised scope of the group; o in the short-medium term WG-IMAF should place a ... particular focus on a reduction in incidental mortality of seabirds associated with fishing in those areas of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/65 : Author(s): K. Rivera and N. Smith (Co-conveners of ad hoc WG-IMAF)
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Water mass distribution and circulation west of the Antarctic peninsula and including Bransfield Strait
34.6 to 34.73 and oxygen values below 4.5 ml 1-1, is the most prominent water mass in this region, is ... found between 200 and 700 m, and is present in all seasons throughout the region examined. Below 200 m ... this water mass floods the continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula. CDW is also found in ... Islands. Mixing of CDW results in reduction of the oxygen content of the overlying Antarctic Surface Water ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/67 : Author(s): Smith, D.A., Lascara, C.M., Klinck, J.M., Hofmann, E.E.
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Casal2: New Zealand’s integrated population modelling tool
confidence that the code base was validated. Design decisions taken at an early stage in CASAL’sdevelopment ... CASAL and to control its own destiny over progress in new stock assessment techniques, such aseasy use ... in management strategy evaluations. We have replicated many CASAL assessments successfullyand so will ... release the first version of Casal2 in 2016 as an open source package under the GPL-2.0 licence. A pre ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-18/P01 : Author(s): I. Doonan, K. Large, A. Dunn, S. Rasmussen, C. Marsh and S. Mormede
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Considerations about managing the krill fishery at small spatial and temporal scales
Abstract: We discuss a number of ecological issues in relation to CCAMLR’s aspiration for ... managing the krill fishery at small temporal and spatial scales. We highlight that the devil is in the ... the need for coupled research to ensure fishery displacement does not become too concentrated in other ... that krill demand from a range of predators in near-shore coastal habitats may only be met through ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/22 : Author(s): P.N. Trathan, V. Warwick-Evans and E. Young
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Report on attendance at the Seventh Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Madrid Protocol
Abstract: This report outlines the participation of the SC-CAMLR Chair in the Seventh Meeting of ... prepared a suggested revised text for consideration by the ATCM, enclosing in square brackets those ... progress of the Antarctic Site Inventory to monitor and assess visitor sites in the Antarctic Peninsula ... . The ASI has collected biological data and site-descriptive information in the Antarctic Peninsula ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIII/BG/07 : Author(s): Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee
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Conserving surface-nesting seabirds at the Prince Edward Islands: the roles of research, monitoring and legislation
of albatrosses and giant petrels in longline fisheries, and environmental change influencing ... in terms of planned new legislation in South Africa and then developing management plans for them ... International Importance in recognition of their importance to seabirds, with 13 of the 16 species exceeding the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/14 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford and J. Cooper (South Africa)
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An assessment of temporal variability and interrelationships between CEMP parameters collected on Adélie penguins at Béchervaise Island
Abstract: We examined temporal variability in a series of CEMP parameters collected over the ... the correlation of each parameter with breeding success. Breeding success was measured in terms of 1 ... sex of the foraging birds and the timing of foraging trips were important in determining whether ... season penguin weights, the simplest output from the Automated Penguin Monitoring System (APMS), in terms ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/46 : Author(s): L.M. Emmerson, J. Clarke, K. Kerry and C. Southwell (Australia)