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1. Using vessel acoustics to detect diving patterns of krill foraging predators automatically: Development of a novel method for quantifying impact of krill fishing on seals and penguins

   Abstract:  The aim of this work was to assess the possibilities of automatically generating a ... dataset of dive behaviour of air-breathing predators, based on acoustic data from a monitoring survey and ... of diving predators in the data is feasible. A relatively low detection probability of our algorithms ... a reasonable level of precision, data on the dive behaviour of air-breathing predators from the echo ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/25 : Author(s): T.A. Klevjer, O.R. Godø and B. Krafft (Norway)

2. A model at the level of the foraging trip for the indirect effects of krill (Euphausia superba) fisheries on krill predators

   Abstract:  We present a model at the level of the foraging trip for the effects of a fishery on ... krill (Euphausia superba) predators, using the Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) as a model organism ... of penguin reproductive success and adult survival in the absence or presence of a fishery. The ... according to an age-structured, stochastic recruitment model. Furthermore, there is a spatial-temporal ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/48 : Author(s): M. Mangel and P.V. Switzer (USA)

3. A method for spreading the risk of localised effects of catches of Antarctic krill up to the trigger level, during the development of stage 2 of feedback management

   to the trigger level may affect krill predators.  They wished to establish a spatial distribution of ... in Area 48 to develop a framework for the review of CM51-07.  We first consider the requirements for ... the conservation measure. We use these requirements as the basis for a risk assessment method to ... an approach for undertaking the review and providing advice on a future spatial distribution of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/69 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, S. Kawaguchi and M. Sumner

4. A TALE OF TWO ISLANDS: CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR SUBANTARCTIC SKUAS AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS

   -Antarctic islands, and can be used to monitor the health of burrowing petrel populations. A survey of skuas ... at the Prince Edward Islands was conducted during December 2008, repeating a previous survey in ... km2) had a feral population of cats from the 1950s to 1980s, and still supports a large population of ... breeding pairs at Prince Edward Island increased from 2001 to 2008, probably as a result of better coverage ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P3 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan, P.A. Whittington and R.J.M. Crawford

5. IDENTIFYING PATTERNS IN DIET OF MACKEREL ICEFISH (CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI) AT SOUTH GEORGIA USING BOOTSTRAPPED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF A DIETARY INDEX

   2239 icefish (130-560 mm total length) were examined. A bootstrapping technique was used to calculate ... ) fish tended to prey on a higher proportion of T. gaudichaudii and small euphausids such as Thysanoessa ... sp. and took smaller quantities of E. superba. In a season of poor krill availability (summer of 2003 ... was followed by a large reduction (> 80%) in the estimated annual biomass of C. gunnari the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/29 : Author(s): C.E. Main, M.A. Collins, R. Mitchell and M. Belchier (UK)

6. Proposal for the establishment of a marine CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – First conceptual outline

   , the Commission welcomed the offer of Germany to take the lead in developing a Weddell Sea MPA for ... study aiming at a Weddell Sea MPA, (ii) give a systematic overview of our preliminary data retrieval ... and data sets and (iii) set out the project timeline in detail, i. a. to highlight an international ... expert workshop on the planning of a Weddell Sea MPA in 2014. Author(s):  K. Teschke, B. Dorschel, J ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/22 : Author(s): K. Teschke, B. Dorschel, J. Gutt, S. Hain, H. Hellmer, K. Jerosch, R. Knust, K.-H. Kock, M. Schlüter, V. Siegel and T. Brey (Germany)

7. Proposal for a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area at Cape Washington and Silverfish Bay, Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea

   Abstract:  The United States and Italy submitted a proposal for a new Antarctic Specially ... Protected Area (ASPA), accompanied by a Management Plan, to CEP XV, 11-15 June 2012. The plan is entitled C ... USA and Italy Title:  Proposal for a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area at Cape Washington and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/47 : Author(s): Delegations of the USA and Italy

8. Towards a closer cooperation between CCAMLR and the IWC

   ; Considerations for re-establishing minke whales as a monitoring species in the CCAMLR Ecosystem Program (CEMP ... ); and Annual exchange of information. SC-CAMLR suggests that a closer collaboration between CCAMLR and ... the IWC could best be achieved by forming a small liaison group with IWC-SC which could work (mostly ... by correspondence) on matters outlined above. Members of this group should cover a wide range of ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVII/BG/03 : Author(s): CCAMLR Observer (K.-H. Kock, Germany)

9. A review of tag-based stock assessments of the Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni in Subarea 48.4

   the Petersen estimation method to the use of the Chapman bias corrected estimator; a correction ... specifically developed to reduce estimation bias in populations with low recaptures, a feature typical of the ... data available for this species in 48.4. During a review of assessment methodology two main issues have ... rate population abundance, and the mis-identification of species at release. This paper presents a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/44 : Author(s): N. Walker, M. Soeffker, V. Laptikhovsky and T. Earl (United Kingdom)

10. A preliminary survey on breeding population of Adélie penguins at Cape Hallett in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

    Abstract:  To develop a long-term ecological research program at a breeding site of Adélie ... out a preliminary survey on the population size and foraging trips of penguins at Cape Hallett. All ... sub-colonies were mapped using a portable DGPS and the data were complemented by comparing them with ... ). Author(s):  J.-H. Kim, H. Chung, W.Y. Lee, J.-W. Jung, M.C. Park, H.C. Shin and J.H. Kim Title:  A ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/06 : Author(s): J.-H. Kim, H. Chung, W.Y. Lee, J.-W. Jung, M.C. Park, H.C. Shin and J.H. Kim

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