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1. Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1999/2000

   size categories. A total of 55 items weighing 10.78kg was collected. The number of items was 35% less ... follows a declining trend since 1996/97. The proportion of polypropylene packaging bands removed was also ... at Signy Island has been showing a declining trend since 1993/94. This is promising. The longevity of ... plastics and other materials with a high resistence to degradation in the marine environment remains a ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/06 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

2. Pilot study on electrophoretic variation and stock structure in the mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, South Georgia waters

   Abstract:  The use of allozymes as a tool in stock structure analysis was examined in the ... commercially-exploited mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, together with a preliminary assessment of ... of icefish samples (N = 18 to 42 per sample) indicated stock separation on a local scale. Genetic ... index, FIS) detected at most loci which were due mainly to heterozygote deficiencies. There was a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-90/10 : Author(s): G.R. Carvalho and D.P. Lloyd-Evans (United Kingdom)

3. Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea

   Abstract:  Climate change is a threat to marine ecosystems and the services they provide, and ... reducing fishing pressure is one option for mitigating the overall consequences for marine biota. We used a ... effects of ocean warming on krill biomass were strongest in the northern Scotia Sea, with a ≥ 40% decline ... in the mass of individual krill. Projections also suggest a 25% chance that krill biomass will fall ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P02 : Author(s): E.S. Klein, S.L. Hill, J.T. Hinke, T. Phillips and G.M. Watters

4. Habitat partitioning in Antarctic krill: spawning hotspots and nursery areas

   Abstract:  Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, have a circumpolar distribution but are ... concentrated within the south-west Atlantic sector, where they support a unique food web and a commercial ... ), based on a compilation of all available post 1970s data. Using these maps, we then examined firstly ... , A. Atkinson, S.F. Sailley, G.A. Tarling, S.L. Hill, C.H. Lucas and D.J. Mayor Title:  Habitat ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/20 : Author(s): F. Perry, A. Atkinson, S.F. Sailley, G.A. Tarling, S.L. Hill, C.H. Lucas and D.J. Mayor

5. Results of the tagging experiment for D. eleginoides in Subarea 48.4

   2005. During this time animals were tagged in order to continue a mark-recapture programme started in ... 2005 to assess the toothfish population. We present an analysis of the catch and tagging data and a ... proposal for continuing research in this area in 2007. Author(s):  A. Payne and D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/56 : Author(s): A. Payne and D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom)

6. Krill conversion factors

   of different krill products are examined and a range of values produced. These are broadly in line ... introduce large errors into the estimation of removals. It is uncertain whether discarding is a common ... practice in the fishery, if it is then the use of any of the conversion factors will result in a serious ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/39 : Author(s): I. Everson (United Kingdom)

7. Modelling and Decision Making as Part of the CCAMLR Management Regime

   Abstract:  This paper outlines a stylised scheme designed to address the multi-objective decision ... horizons, time steps, constraints and data) were identified in an attempt to provide a blueprint for the ... formulation of a suitable decision-making protocol for management purposes. Author(s):  D.G.M. Miller (South ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CSD-88/10 : Author(s): D.G.M. Miller (South Africa)

8. An analysis of within-season recaptures of tagged toothfish

   Abstract:  In response to a request from WG-SAM, the secretariat inspected the available data on ... within-season recaptures varied spatially and a particular ‘hot-spot’ was found over a northern, and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/01 : Author(s): Secretariat

9. Revised South African work plan for 2014/15 for the joint Japan/South Africa research on Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6

   Abstract:  A multi-year plan for research by Japan and South Africa aimed at yielding a tag-based ... 41-04. This paper submits a work plan for the South African contribution to the third year of this ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/11 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

10. Catch Uncertainty in Krill Fisheries

    Abstract:  Catch uncertainty is a component of uncertainty that is not routinely considered by ... CCAMLR. However, given the currently reported variability in conversion factors for krill, a nominal ... reported catch of 600 000t could actually represent a catch in ‘green weight’ of 2.5 million tonnes ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/46 : Author(s): Secretariat

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