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1. Proposal to increase transparency related to fishing for research purposes targeting Dissostichus spp. conducted pursuant to Conservation Measure 24-01

   Abstract:  This proposal establishes a process for CCAMLR to increase transparency and ... documentation of research activities conducted under Conservation Measure 24-01 by adopting, annually, a ... Conservation Measure 24-01 in areas with a zero catch limit or where directed fishing for Dissostichus spp. is ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/22 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

2. Marine classification: lessons from the New Zealand experience

   Abstract:  New Zealand has a considerable body of experience creating spatial classifications of ... management mandate. This paper considers a range of methodological options for data-driven marine ... ) Generate a classification based on abundance, not presence-absence; 4) Use the most powerful statistical ... methods available, such as BRT and GDM; 5) Use a hierarchical algorithm; 6) Focus on an environment or ...

   Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/6 : Author(s): B. Sharp, M. Pinkerton and J. Leathwick (New Zealand)

3. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) by man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2005 winter and 2005/06 breeding season

   reported here. Two entanglements were observed in the winter, a decrease of 60% from the previous year, and ... the lowest number seen since records began in 1990. One of these involved a male pup entangled in ... occurred to an adult female entangled in a plastic packing band causing slight constriction to the ... entanglements were caused by plastic packing bands, this is a 67% increase from the previous year’s observations ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. Satellite tracking of black-browed and light-mantled sooty albatrosses from Heard Island and potential interactions with fisheries

   Abstract:  The purpose of this document is to inform CCAMLR of the results of a satellite tracking ... fisheries. These fisheries have a history of a low incidental seabird by-catch (no fatalities recorded to ... a further 5% went beyond either EEZ into the high seas north and east of Heard Island. In contrast ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/14 : Author(s): K. Lawton, R. Kirkwood and G. Robertson (Australia)

5. Growth of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) and age-size composition of populations in subarea of South Georgia

   represented by fish of two contiguous age groups. It was shown that in the 1980s during a number of years the ... class. These year classes appeared against a background of the intensive icefish fishery, and krill ... important factors now. A comparative analysis of icefish growth in subarea 48.3 based on data collected in ... different periods of fishery revealed a substantial interannual variability. The comparison of the growth ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/60 : Author(s): K.V. Shust and E.N. Kuznetsova (Russia)

6. Growth of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) and age-size composition of population in subarea of the South Georgia

   represented by fish of two contiguous age groups. It was shown that in the 1980s during a number of years the ... class. These year classes appeared against a background of the intensive icefish fishery, and krill ... important factors now. A comparative analysis of icefish growth in subarea 48.3 based on data collected in ... different periods of fishery revealed a substantial interannual variability. The comparison of the growth ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM 03/7 : Author(s): K.V. Shust and E.N. Kuznetsova (Russia)

7. Relationships between the distribution of whales and Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia

   examined by comparing sightings and underway acoustic data collected as part of a multidisciplinary ... research cruise during January/February 1998. A total of 222 cetaceans of 10 species was recorded with ... and krill was examined at a number of spatial scales. There was a positive relationship between whale ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/30 : Author(s): K. Reid, A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom) and G.A. Nevitt (USA)

8. CONVENORS’ REPORT OF THE WG-IMAF WORKSHOP

   this scope was a part of the broader contribution of CCAMLR to the conservation of these taxa. The key ... 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)

9. Net sample validation of acoustic techniques used to identify and size Antarctic krill

   (MVBS) data at 120 and 38 kHz were collected with a Simrad EK500 echo sounder, and net samples were ... frequency data and compared with that obtained in net hauls. This comparison revealed that a simplified bent ... cylinder model was a better predictor of krill length (predicted length = 8.79 + 0.685 observed length, r2 ... = 0.77) than a fluid-filled sphere model. Author(s):  Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S. Title:  Net sample ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/46 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S.

10. Trophic relations of the cephalopod Martialia hyadesi (Teuthoidea: Ommastrephidae) at the Antarctic Polar Front, Scotia Sea

    carlsbergi, the euphausiid Euphausia superba and a hyperiid amphipod, probably Themisto gaudichaudi. A small ... , which is itself a major prey item of some higher predators In the Scotia Sea, suggests that a previously ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XI/BG/11 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom

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