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1. Antarctic fur seals in the South Shetland Islands: pup production and population trends

   reports the results of a ground survey of all known fur seal colonies from Smith to Elephant Islands from ... %) and San Telmo Islands (21%). Dead pups accounted for 1.37% of the total. A comparison with previous ... censuses over a 15yr period (1987, 1992, 1994, and 1996) indicates the rate of increase in fur seal ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/51 : Author(s): M.E. Goebel (USA), V.I. Vallejos (Chile), W.Z. Trivelpiece, R.S. Holt (USA) and J. Acevedo (Chile)

2. Distribution, demography and discard mortality of crabs caught as by-catch in an experimental pot fishery for toothfish in the South Atlantic

   South Georgia of a method of fishing for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) using pots. A significant ... belt 85% – 90% of crabs would survive discarding, whereas on the vessel where crabs were emptied down a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/32 : Author(s): M.G. Purves (South Africa), D.J. Agnew, G. Moreno, C. Yau and G. Pilling (United Kingdom)

3. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia during the 1999 winter and the 1999/2000 pup rearing season

   here. Only six entangled seals were observed during the winter, representing a 53% decrease from1998 ... and a 94% decrease on the highest previous total (1992). Four of these animals wereentangled in ... plastic packaging bands, double that observed in the 1998 winter, and a return to thehigh levels observed ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/02 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man made debris at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1997/98

   number of fur seals in total that came ashore during the season. Data are compared with results from a ... bands at Bird Island was higher than in recent years and there was a decrease in the incidence of net ... (nil at Bird Island), a slight drop (8%) from 1996/97. The decrease in observed entanglements is ...

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

5. BEACHED MARINE DEBRIS SURVEYS AND INCIDENCES OF SEABIRD/MARINE MAMMAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND HYDROCARBON SOILING AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA AND SIGNY ISLAND, SOUTH ORKNEYS, 2008-2009

   Abstract:  Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island, South Georgia recorded a total of 142 ... ) and summer 2008/09 (October 2008 to March 2009). Surveys at Signy Island, South Orkneys recorded a ... ; 61%) associated with wandering albatrosses. A total of 20 incidences of hydrocarbon soiling involving ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-09/09 : Author(s): C.M. Waluda (United Kingdom)

6. The state of exploited fish stocks in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

   1975/76 fishing has been mostly directed to the icefish Champsocephalus gunnari. and to a lesser extent ... over a period of 10 years. Stock size of C. gunnari around South Georgia is largely dependent on the ... recruitment indicate a downward trend. Author(s):  Delegation of Federal Republic of Germany Title:  The state ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/18 : Author(s): Delegation of Federal Republic of Germany

7. Preliminary results on by-catch of fishes caught by the fishery vessel Chiyo Maru No. 3 to the north of the South Shetland Islands (February to March, 1996)

   hauls examined, a total of 99 specimens belonging to 5 families and 14 species were captured as by-catch ... in 41 hauls. Notothenioid juveniles were found in 30 hauls carried out in waters with a depth of 87 ... in 11 hauls operated at some distance from the shelf, in the offshore waters with a depth of 275 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/52 : Author(s): Ichii, T., Kawaguchi, S., Naganobu, M.

8. Towards an assessment of the stock of the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the Scotia Sea: data from predators

   % of which is taken by southern elephant seals, and the other species may take at least a further 51400 ... . Martialia probably has a life span of two years and a circumpolar distribution but its biology and ecology ...

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

9. The State of Exploited Fish Stocks in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean in 1988

   mostly directed to the icefish Champsocephalus gunnari and to a lesser extent Patagonotothen brevicauda ... which the fishery is unregulated so far. Stock size as well as recruitment indicate a downward trend ... availability of the most recent catch compositions to obtain a better assessment of the actual state of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-88/14 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock and F.-W. Köster (FRG)

10. Analysis of variability of krill size and fish by-catch in Japanese krill fishery based on scientific observer data

    –2008 were analysed by using a hierarchical Bayesian model. The models were composed of multistage ... cluster units (i.e., year, sub-area, vessel, cruise, and haul) based on a state-space model, separating ... objective of a study with considering the cost of observer deployment. Author(s):  T. Okuda and M. Kiyota ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/68 : Author(s): T. Okuda and M. Kiyota (Japan)

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