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1. Investigations on tagging data in the Kerguelen Islands Patagonian toothfish fishery (division 58.5.1)

   Abstract:  In 2014, FSA-14-36r1 presented a new assessment of Patagonian toothfish in the French ... EEZ. A singularity in the tagging fits was observed by the working group. A lower number of recaptures ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/43 : Author(s): R. Sinegre and G. Duhamel (France)

2. Further progress on modelling the krill–predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem

   to act as a surrogate for these in addition to the seals themselves. This results in an improved fit ... of the model to available abundance estimates for crabeater seals. A list of topics for possible ... estimates for the various krill predators is seen as a priority for improving the reliability of current ... models, and it is suggested that this should be a key focus of the proposed joint IWC-CCAMLR workshop on ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/19 : Author(s): M. Mori (Japan) and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

3. An examination of latitudinal variation in the growth rates of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea

   Abstract:  Following a finding that a small sample of aged Dissostichus mawsoni from McMurdo Sound ... conducted. Length-at-age of Dissostichus mawsoni was compared across five zones in a 15.5° latitudinal range ... were insufficient older fish in the southernmost zone to enable a comparison with other areas. Any real ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/30 : Author(s): P.L. Horn (New Zealand)

4. Progress on the application of an age-structured production model fitted to commercial catch-rate and catch-at-length data to assess the toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) resource in the Prince Edward Island vicinity

   allow the estimation of a selectivity-at-age function that decreases at larger ages. This is, in ... . In the meantime, based upon a cautious interpretation of projections over the wide range of current ... exceed a few hundred tonnes. Author(s):  A. Brandão and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa) Title:  Progress ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/97 : Author(s): A. Brandão and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

5. ADULT ANTARCTIC KRILL FEEDING AT ABYSSAL DEPTHS

   Abstract:  Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a large euphausiid, widely distributed within ... the Southern Ocean, and a key species in the Antarctic food web. The Discovery Investigations in the ... depth distribution and ecology of Antarctic krill, a central organism in the Southern Ocean ecosystem ... . Author(s):  A. Clarke and P.A. Tyler Title:  ADULT ANTARCTIC KRILL FEEDING AT ABYSSAL DEPTHS Approval ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P01 : Author(s): A. Clarke and P.A. Tyler

6. Echo integration in low signal to noise regimes: methods of noise estimation and removal

   kHz with a Simrad EK500 are presented to demonstrate the highly variable nature of background noise. A ... than several methods that apply a single background noise level to a data set. The dynamic technique ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/74 : Author(s): Higginbottom, I., Pauly, T.

7. Biological acoustic survey in the marginal ice edge zone of the Bellingshausen Sea

   ) Southern Ocean investigations (TuRNER and OWENS, 1995). A total of 285 targets were identified and ... density varied from a mean of 42 g m-2 during the first survey phase to 19.6 g m-2 on the second survey ... phase. On this first survey a large swarm (2.8 km in extent) had a potential biomass of 3.7 x 104 tonnes ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/32 : Author(s): A.W.A. Murray, J.L. Watkins and D.G. Bone (United Kingdom)

8. Potential VMEs around Elephant and the South Shetland Islands (Subarea 48.1)

   and are thus not adequately protected unless direct photographic evidence is available.  To this end a ... types of communities where sponges and other heavy taxa occur.  A clear example can be made of CITES ... Appendix II listed Antipatharia (black coral), which in the authors’ experience has never occurred at a ... the new diversity threshold, a total of 10 VME areas are proposed, half of which encompass multiple ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/51 : Author(s): S.J. Lockhart (USA), N. Wilson (Australia) and E. Lazo-Wasem (USA)

9. Progress report for the third year of the research fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 being jointly undertaken by Japan and South Africa: 2013–2015.

   Abstract:  A multi-year research plan as outlined in CM 41-04 (2012, 2013 & 2014) was ... first 2.5 years is reported. Between December 2012 and April 2015 a total of 291 Dissostichus ... eleganoides and 3273 D. mawsoni were tagged and released, and a total of 10 and 49 tagged D. eleganoides and D ... collected from 25 052 toothfish and length data from a total of 15 157 individuals from 18 different species ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/50 : Author(s): R.W. Leslie (South Africa), K. Taki, T. Ichii (Japan) and S. Somhlaba (South Africa)

10. Antarctic krill; assessment of mesh size selectivity and escape mortality from trawls

    Abstract:  This working paper presents the aims and methodology for a three-year-project ... project is widely based on acquired experiences from a completed study Net Escapement of Antarctic krill ... BioMarine AS. The project will examine krill escape mortality from the codend during a full scale field ... (Denmark), B. Herrmann, A. Engås, I. Bruheim and S. Nordrum (Norway) Title:  Antarctic krill; assessment of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/14 : Author(s): B.A. Krafft (Norway), L.A. Krag (Denmark), B. Herrmann, A. Engås, I. Bruheim and S. Nordrum (Norway)

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