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1. Relationship to non-cooperating non-Contracting Parties

   Article X of the Convention are, on a regular basis, formally brought to the attention of FAO and any ... training materials and a toothfish identification poster and fact sheet to assist NCPs. Statements to COFI ... an expert panel to examine the feasibility and likely success of a range of actions that might be ... –Ongoing 6.3.1.3 One of those options might include a formal Declaration on the applicability of Part XV of ...

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2. Progress report on the research longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 being jointly undertaken by Japan and South Africa: 2012/13

   they caught a total of 162.8 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. out of the 200 tonne catch limit (Table 2 ... ). They have taken only 65.2 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. from the northern section to date. A total of 1 ... tagging rate of 5 fish per ton. A total of 213 D. eleginoides and 5 530 D. mawsoni) were measured. The ... vessel combined tag overlap statistic was in excess of 70% in all Research Blocks. A total of 13 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/05 : Author(s): R. Leslie (South Africa), K. Taki, T. Ichii (Japan) and S. Somhlaba (South Africa)

3. Draft MPA Report for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (MPA Planning Domain 1, Subarea 48.2)

   towards the conservation of biodiversity in Subarea 48.2, and to the development of a representative ... system of protected areas across the Convention Area. In 2013, a preliminary draft MPA Report was ... Report contains: a description of the region (including evidence used to designate the MPA); details of ... the MPA; requirements for new research and monitoring; a summary of activities undertaken within the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/25 : Author(s): Delegation of the European Union

4. On biogeographic patterns of benthic invertebrate mega fauna on shelf areas of the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector

   communities incorporates a range of data on physical, environmental and biological properties, as well as the ... catches in order to identify and characterise such communities for comparative purposes at a fine spatial ... , reveals a two-layered pattern based on the standardised total biomass data and the composition of phyla ... physical oceanographic data for the region, a pattern of shelf faunal zonation emerges. Patterns of benthic ...

   Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/10 : Author(s): S.J. Lockhart and C.D. Jones (USA)

5. Measurement of ocean temperatures using instruments carried by Antarctic fur seals

   coastal waters around South Georgia. There was a significant correlation between temperature measurements ... made using a towed undulating oceanographic recorder (UOR) and concurrent measurements from time-depth ... longitude), and at a vertical scale of 10 m. However, there was no significant correlation between ... warmer surface water in a region in which more run-off was to be expected. The study also showed that ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/56 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd, E.J. Hawker, M.A. Brandon and I.J. Staniland (United Kingdom)

6. Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1997/98

   was counted, measured and classified by type, material, weight and size categories. A total of 29 ... and four items with a total weight of 1.7 kg were found at Starfish Cove. The total number of marine ... follows a continuing downward trend since 1993/94. The total weight of debris was 400/0 higher compared ... at Signy Island in 1997/98 continues a promising trend. However the considerable amount of plastic ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVII/BG/20 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

7. Assessment models for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea for the years 1997–98 to 2010–11

   reference model using the selected trips tag data gave a similar, but slightly higher estimate of initial ... biomass than the 2009 base case. Retrospective analysis suggests that this is partly as a result of the ... increased number of vessels in selected data set and partly as a result of the 2010 and 2011 observations ... 78.6–81.3).The estimated yield, using the CCAMLR decision rules, was 3282 t   Author(s):  S. Mormede, A ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/42 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

8. ASSESSMENT MODELS FOR ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH (DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI) IN SUBAREA 88.2 SSRU E FOR THE YEARS 2002/03 TO 2008/09

   model resulted in a higher estimate of initial biomass than the same model for 2006, but the estimated ... initial biomass was very imprecise. The selected trips data set resulted in a more precise estimate of ... from different years. The use of the selected trips with the revised maturity ogive resulted in a ... selectivity equal to the current fishing selectivity. Author(s):  A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand) Title ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/41 : Author(s): A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

9. AERIAL SURVEYS OF WEDDELL SEALS DURING 2007-08, WITH NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF AERIAL CENSUSES IN THE ROSS SEA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUED COUNT EFFORT

   place under CCAMLR with respect to the Ross Sea toothfish fishery. In a previous paper submitted to EMM ... variability and the variance that could be expected over a time when the Ross Sea system was without influence ... from industrial fishing. On the basis of this and the previous paper, a Weddell seals monitoring ... program can now be put into effect under CEMP, begun with a one-time survey to identify all important haul ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/23 : Author(s): D. Siniff and D. Ainley (USA)

10. Oceanic debris observations in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, from Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea: December 1994 to March 1995

    styrofoam fragments. Fishing gear was not a major component of man-made debris. Macrolitter consisted mainly ... of seabird feathers. A very high density (544 per 10nm) of penguin feathers occurred northeast of the ... Ross Sea a single sample contained 31 small dead fish. Natural mesolitter quantities were usually low ... encountered. Biological associations with debris were not common, but included a filamentous green alga and ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/29 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

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