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1. A revised assessment of the impact of the krill fishery on penguins in the South Shetlands

   Abstract:  This paper is a revision of the assessment of the competition between the Japanese ... krill (Euphausia superba) fishery and penguins (WG-Krill-93/7). Main fishing areas were confined to the ... slope and shelf to the north of either Livingston or Elephant Islands. In contrast, main foraging areas ... of penguins are considered to be formed in areas to the north of King George, Nelson and Robert ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/17 : Author(s): T. Ichii, M. Naganobu and T. Ogishima (Japan)

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

   and Ommastrephidae. Fisheries for the latter have been characterised by dramatically fluctuating ... exploitation of the sub-Antarctic ommastrephid species Martialia hyadesi will be attempted in the future. This ... squid is an important component of the diet of several species of albatross and the southern elephant ... predators. Estimated annual consumption by known predators in the Scotia Sea is 326098- 330642 tonnes, 94 ...

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

3. Managing fisheries to conserve the Antarctic marine ecosystem: practical implementation of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

   Abstract:  Apart from exploitation of seals and whales, Antarctic fisheries began in the late ... 1960s with exploitation of the marbled rockcod, Notothenia rossii, in the South Atlantic, a species ... decimated in the first two years of the fishery following catches of about 500,000t. Two other species have ... formed the basis of substantial fisheries, krill (Euphausia superba) and mackerel icefish ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVIII/BG/26

4. Notes on the use of virtual population analysis for stock assessment of the mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari (Lönnberg, 1906) in Subarea 48.3 for the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons

   Abstract:  Following on from the apparent failure to satisfactorily assess the status of the C ... . gunnari population in Subarea 48.3 at WG-FSA-91 using VPA, attempts were made to re-work the analysis ... using Laurec-Shepherd and ADAPT tuning techniques, from 1991 back to 1977. The predicted age structure ... , dominated in recent years by the 1987 year class (1 year olds in 1988), was quite robust, despite the use of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-92/27 : Author(s): G. Parkes (United Kingdom)

5. Progress report on the scientific data compilation and analyses in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

   Abstract:  At the CCAMLR meeting in 2012, the Commission welcomed the offer of Germany to take the ... lead in developing a Weddell Sea MPA for consideration in 2014. Subsequently, the German Federal ... Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection tasked the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre ... require particular protection in the Weddell Sea. Work under this project started mid-April 2013. This ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXII/BG/07 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany

6. The influence of the shape of meshes on the selective properties of trawls with special reference to Antarctic krill

   Abstract:  The results of investigations are presented on selective properties of experimental ... trawls with a square- and diamond-shaped mesh, on the traumatic rate of krill passed through a mesh and ... remained in the trawl,on the survival rate. When trawls with a square-shaped mesh were used the highest ... screening rate was observed in the cod end instead of the belly,the selective properties of the retaining ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/09 : Author(s): Delegation of USSR

7. Descriptive analysis of the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) tagging scheme in the Ross Sea for the years 1997/98 to 2003/04

   Abstract:  A descriptive analysis of the toothfish tagging programme carried out in the Ross Sea ... since 2001 is presented for the first time. Tag-release and tag-recapture data are presented for both ... Zealand vessels were unavailable at the time of the analysis. A total of 4903 Antarctic toothfish have ... been released and 89 recaptured, and 443 Patagonian toothfish released and 9 recaptured. For the last ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-05/10 : Author(s): A. Dunn, S.M. Hanchet and K. Maxwell (New Zealand)

8. Results of the research fishing activities conducted by Chile in Management A of Subarea 48.3 from 2005–2008: the importance of conserving the big older fishes

   Abstract:  This research makes a contribution to the Agenda Item 8 of the WG-FSA. (Biology ... , ecology and demography of target and by-catch species) and shows the response of the local population of ... Dissostichus eleginoides (TOP) from the Area management A (subarea 48.3), after 4 year of closure (2004 to 2008 ... ). We noted an increase in the CPUE overtime, mainly associate with the increase in the median size of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/35 : Author(s): C.A. Moreno and P. Rubilar (Chile)

9. CCAMLR measures regulating the tagging of Dissostichus species, metrics used to assess vessel tagging performance, the potential for some anomalous results, and general recommendations on tagging; a view from the hauling room

   Abstract:  The background to the current CCAMLR toothfish tagging programme is reviewed and recent ... performance measures implemented by CCAMLR to control and monitor the tagging of toothfish (Dissostichus ... species) in exploratory fisheries carried out within the Convention Area are described.  Following the ... first season of implementation we describe several circumstances which will cause anomalies in the tag ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/50 : Author(s): J.M. Fenaughty (New Zealand) and J. Brown (United Kingdom)

10. The dynamic of krill fishery and the environment in the Antarctic Peninsula Subarea (48.1)

    Abstract:  The dynamic of krill fishery in the Subarea 48.1 and its relation to the environment ... variability was analyzed.  It was revealed  that the dynamic of ААО indices (Antarctic Oscillation Index) used ... as an indicator of the inter-annual and long-period fluctuations of hydrometeorological conditions at ... high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere was traced through the climatic changes of the environmental ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/32 : Author(s): S.M. Kasatkina, V.N. Shnar and S.N. Burikin (Russia)

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