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1. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

   What is an MPA? In general terms, a Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a marine area that provides ... ecosystems, including the effects of climate change. CCAMLR has agreed to develop a representative system of ... MPAs based on the best available science and has also agreed a framework that describes the objectives ... once agreed they are described in detail in a CCAMLR conservation measure. The first CCAMLR MPA, and ...

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2. International Antarctic marine experts meet in Hobart

   discussion. CCAMLR is a consensus-based organisation consisting of 26 Members (25 countries and the European ... acceptable outcomes to a range of challenges to take CCAMLR’s management of the Southern Ocean into the ... future,” said Dr Belchier. 2019 saw the completion of a large-scale survey for krill undertaken through ... the cooperation of a number of CCAMLR Members and including the participation of the krill fishing ...

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3. Working Group on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (WG-ASAM)

   terms of reference from the Scientific Committee as a result of a specific issue where expert evaluation ... of acoustic techniques has been required. In 2019 it became a full working group: WG-ASAM (SC-CAMLR ... (United Kingdom) and Dr Xinliang Wang (China). A list of the meetings (including reports) is available ...

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4. Acoustic survey design to estimate krill biomass in Subareas 48.1, 48.2 and 48.3

   Abstract:  The Scientific Committee has requested advice on the feasibility of conducting a ... the amount of survey effort required to achieve a target level of precision using a stratified random ... 48.3 with a CV of 20%. Author(s):  Hewitt, R.P., Watters, G. Title:  Acoustic survey design to estimate ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/71 : Author(s): Hewitt, R.P., Watters, G.

5. Chlorophyll distributions around the South Shetland Islands

   Abstract:  Aim of this document is to supply a short information of chlorophyll distribution ... Livingston Island, high chlorophyll a concentration and low POC/chlorophyll a ratio in Leg II and low ... chlorophyll a concentration in Leg I suggest that phytoplankton bloom occurred in this area for about one ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/23 : Author(s): H. Ishii, T. Ichii and M. Naganobu (Japan)

6. Potential for using CCAMLR VMS data for compliance analysis and data quality assurance

   Abstract:  In response to a request from the Scientific Committee the Secretariat has initiated a ... process to utilise VMS data for data-quality assurance in relation to catch data. This represents a change ... in focus on the use of VMS data by CCAMLR and requires a contingent change in emphasis on data ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/19 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

7. Computer program for the calculation and validation of Verhoeff check digits

   at time of release and recapture form an important part of data accuracy. Check digits, as a part of ... the tag sequence number, can assist in the identification of errors in recorded data. A computer ... program to calculate, check, and validate a check digit scheme based on Verhoeff's Dihedral Group D5 ... check algorithm (Mohr 2005, Verhoeff 1969) is described. Author(s):  A. Dunn (New Zealand) Title ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-05/11 : Author(s): A. Dunn (New Zealand)

8. Review of skate (Rajiformes) by-catch in CCAMLR toothfish fisheries

   spatial ranges for some species.  The data collected as part of CCAMLR fisheries represents a very ... will require a review of the consistency and accuracy of identification of taxa and this might be a ... useful for a future focus topic in the SISO. Author(s):  Secretariat Title:  Review of skate (Rajiformes ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/12 : Author(s): Secretariat

9. Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean – Brief Report, June 2018

   Abstract:  A Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) is a quantitative ... provide a common foundation for all end-users on which science can be developed, and policies and ... briefly describes MEASO activities during 2018.   Author(s):  A. Constable Title:  Marine Ecosystem ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/14 : Author(s): A. Constable

10. Monitoring and management in the Antarctic – making the link between science and policy

    . Human impacts arise as a result of processes that originate in the region (endogenous) and those that ... originate outside the region (exogenous). A number of monitoring programmes have been established in both ... terrestrial and marine systems to measure impacts that arise as a result of endogenous process such as fishing ... a specific management objective, and does not produce quantitative metrics that can be assessed and ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P9 : Author(s): K. Reid (United Kingdom)

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