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1. Modelling catch and effort data using generalised linear models with random cruise effects: trawl fishery for mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in CAMLR Area 58.5.2

   Abstract:  A set of procedures for modelling catch and effort data using generalized linear mixed ... , after which time there was a sharp increase in 2001 with a steady decline thereafter. The sharp increase ... has since diminished through a combination of Author(s):  S.G. Candy (Australia) Title:  Modelling ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/35 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)

2. CCAMLR Survey Database: development during 2002

   had to be postponed because of a higher priority need for developing a web-based data system for the ... database consists of some 50 tables and 50+ stored procedures and triggers. A detailed description of the ... existing CCAMLR data to the new survey database. Future work may also include the development of a stand ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/10 : Author(s): Secretariat

3. Notes for identifying the three macrourid species, M. holotrachys, M. whitsoni and M. carinatus in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3

   scale counts were used. M.whitsoni has a head ratio (head length/inter orbital distance) of less than ... 5.2 whilst M.carinatus has a head ratio of greater than 5.2. There was some overlap in the ranges of ... most of these measures and so a single character will not always successfully I.D. a species. However ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/29 : Author(s): S.A. Morley, M. Belchier, M.G. Purves, T. Mulvey and J. Dickson (United Kingdom)

4. Age-at-length of Patagonian toothfish from South Georgia

   toothfish stock around South Georgia, we used otoliths to estimate the age of a sample of 264 Patagonian ... toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) captured in the longline fishery. We used a thin section grinding ... machine to reveal a transverse plane through the otolith nucleus and between crenellations. A single ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/75 : Author(s): J. Ashford, M. Belchier, C. Jones and S. Bobko

5. Reducing seabird by-catch with an underwater longline setting funnel

   Abstract:  We tested the efficacy of a Mustad underwater setting funnel to reduce seabird bycatch ... in a demersal longline fishery for Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides. The funnel, which ... million hooks) over a two-year period. There was no evidence for lower catches or significantly higher ... offers a significant reduction in seabird mortality and could increase fishing efficiency by allowing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/29 : Author(s): P. Ryan and B. Watkins (South Africa)

6. Human activity and disturbance: building an Antarctic site inventory

   Antarctic shipboard tourism takes place. A brief summary of this human history in Antarctica reveals a wide ... intended to provide a new measure of protection by ensuring that tourism, science, and all other human ... a database and inventory of information that assists in both the preparation and the evaluation of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/09 : Author(s): R. Naveen, Oceanites (USA)

7. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ANTARCTIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT: MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

   necessitate that CEP and CCAMLR address a number of key issues if both organisations are to fulfil their ... understanding, such a risk assessment should be feasible and should provide a focus for future work. As part of ... .. Therefore, a plan for the future would likely involve delegated responsibility (e.g. to CEP, or CCAMLR, or ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/24 : Author(s): P.N. Trathan and D. Agnew (United Kingdom)

8. The relationship between krill (Euphausia superba) fishing areas in the west Atlantic and the species’ circumpolar distribution

   four regions are also calculated- (a) the CCAMLR Convention Area, (b) south of 55°S, (c) containing ... computer software based on a Lambert Geographical Projection. As a secondary step, the mean krill density ... estimate for the West Atlantic during FIBEX (First International BIOMASS Experiment) is expanded to give a ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/19 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

9. Optimization of the sampling design in the detection of interannual variability and prey size selectivity in the diet of penguins

   for detection of interannual variability are obtained and a sampling protocol is suggested. A table of ... minimal numbers of penguins to be sampled as a function of number of sampling dates and magnitude of the ... x date interaction equal to the variance component for penguin in dates obtained from a previous ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-90/09 : Author(s): E. Marschoff and B. Gonzalez (Argentina)

10. An overview of tagging skates (Rajiformes) and CCAMLR skate tagging data

    better understand a wide range of metrics including movements and migrations, stock units, growth rates ... taxonomic and identification problems, this makes the tagging studies undertaken in CCAMLR area a ... CCAMLR Working Groups. This report provides an overview of global tagging studies on skates, a review of ... tag loss and tag shedding rates in fish (with emphasis on elasmobranchs), a summary of CEFAS tagging ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/25 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.R. McCully, D. Goldsmith, G. Burt, R. Scott and J.R. Ellis (United Kingdom)

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