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1. Using the EPOC modelling framework to assess management procedures for Antarctic krill in Statistical Area 48: evaluating spatial differences in productivity of Antarctic krill

   development of a harvest strategy are whether (i) spatial differences in the productivity of krill give rise ... regional differences in krill dynamics and cause differential impacts on predators as a result ... , particularly as the fishery expands to take the large-scale catch limit. A fourth issue is to determine whether ... Productivity, Ocean and Climate (EPOC) modelling framework to develop a spatially explicit model of Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/38 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A.J. Constable (Australia)

2. Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2002/03

   and size categories. A total of 54 items weighing 27.36kg were collected. The number of items found ... continued the change in trend that began last season in what had otherwise been a declining trend since 1993 ... /94. Such a continued increase in the number of these packaging bands found indicates that the ban on ... longevity of plastics and other materials with a high resistance to degradation in the marine environment ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXII/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

3. Conservation of Antarctic pack-ice seals with increasing krill fishing and environmental change

   . For Antarctic pack-ice seals, a main group of krill predators, we report the spatial density and krill ... suitable seal habitat has declined between 21 and 28% over a 30 year period; krill density has potentially ... , a critical source of krill for the Antarctic Peninsula and elsewhere. This area has the highest seal ... and in their environmental drivers calls for a precautionary management approach, in the absence of ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/24 : Author(s): J. Forcada, P.N. Trathan (UK), P.L. Boveng (USA), I.L. Boyd (UK), D.P. Costa (USA), M. Fedak (UK), T.L. Rogers and C.J. Southwell (Australia)

4. An Apparent Decrease in the Prevalence of “Ross Sea Killer Whales” in the Southern Ross Sea

   decreased; prevalence as indicated by casual observations from helicopter pilots flying over the area on a ... daily basis has also decreased in nearby McMurdo Sound. Consistent with a decrease in the catch-per-unit ... change in Ross Sea killer whale numbers in the southern Ross Sea is related to a industrial fishery ... . Therefore, we propose, the Ross Sea killer whales have opted to move elsewhere in a scenario consistent with ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P01 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley, G. Ballard and S. Olmastroni

5. 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)

   Abstract:  Long-lining operations from a single vessel fishing for Dissostichus eleginoides off ... extinguished to mitigate against bird mortality. Data were recorded during hauling using a randomised cluster ... sampling method; the known number of coils laid during a night's setting operations provided the ... . Previous catch rates were used to set daily sampling effort, and accurately achieved a CCAMLR sampling ...

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

6. Report on bottom fisheries and vulnerable marine ecosystems: draft template and workplan

   Abstract:  The WG-FSA Subgroup on VMEs was tasked with providing a draft template of a Report on ... Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems to WG-EMM and WG-FSA in 2010. This paper provides a draft template, including ... Scientific Committee and its working groups have been embedded within this structure in order to give them a ... arise from WG-FSA. It is envisaged that, following comments by WG-EMM, a draft report will be generated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/15 : Author(s): WG-FSA Subgroup on VMEs

7. Using outputs from spatial population models of Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea region to investigate potential biases in the single population model

   Abstract:  We present a method to evaluate potential biases and uncertainty in the tagging ... were then used in a single area stock assessment model derived from the stock assessment model of ... historical footprint of the fishery. However, the results when using a similar model that allowed for fish to ... provide a useful tool to evaluate potential bias and uncertainty in our understanding of the stock ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/45 : Author(s): S. Mormede and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

8. Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes

   retention of the planktonic stages (eggs and larvae) of marine fish can play a key role in the maintenance ... of adult stocks. Here we use a numerical modelling approach to examine the influence of oceanographic ... larvae was predicted to be 5.3%, considerably lower than that of C. gunnari (31.3%), a difference related ... contribution to overall retention from spawning sites on the southwest South Georgia shelf. In addition, a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/P10 : Author(s): E.F. Young, J. Rock, M.P. Meredith, M. Belchier, E.J. Murphy and G.R. Carvalho

9. New possibilities of krill-dependent indicator species monitoring – UAV survey in Subarea 48.1

   34.51 km 2. Images were taken with digital SLR Canon 700D, Nikon D5100, Canon T5i 700D with a 35mm ... objective lens. Flights altitude at 350 – 550 m AGL (Above Ground Level) allowed images to be taken with a ... software. In selected colonies a comparison with the results of measurements taken at the same time from ... distribution of krill-depended indicator species in Subarea 48.1. Author(s):  M. Korczak-Abshire, A. Zmarz, M ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/03 : Author(s): M. Korczak-Abshire, A. Zmarz, M. Rodzewicz, R. Storvold, M. Kycko, I. Karsznia, A. Kidawa and K.J. Chwedorzewska

10. Preliminary assessment models of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea including data from the 2005/06 season

    in a similar, though slightly higher, estimate of initial and current biomass as the 2005 base case ... modifying the estimates from the models, suggesting that the new data had a similar pattern to that of ... ‘all vessels’ tagging data resulted in a much more optimistic assessment, but was due to the increased ... a more optimistic estimate of B0. However, as the changes in growth, length-weight, and M all imply ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-06/11 : Author(s): Dunn, A. & Hanchet, S.M.

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