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1. Seabird by-catch in the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery at the Prince Edward Islands: 1998–1999

   Abstract:  Longline fishing for Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides in the South African ... Exclusive Economic Zone around the Prince Edward Islands commenced in 1996. This paper summarises seabird ... bycatch during the year July 1998-June 1999. Data on seabird bycatch were obtained from fishery observers ... % more than the number of hooks set in 1997-98, but only 79 seabirds (150/0 of the total killed in 1997 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/42 Rev. 1 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan and B.P. Watkins (South Africa)

2. Unhappy feet: the reduction of Adélie and chinstrap penguin populations in the West Antarctic Peninsula/Scotia Sea

   Abstract:  New and alarming evidence has been published by Trivelpiece et al. recently about the ... reduction of the populations of Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica ... ) in the West Antarctic Peninsula/Scotia Sea area. According to this scientific paper, Adélie and ... chinstrap penguin populations have declined more than 50% during the last 30 years at study colonies in the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXX/BG/21 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

3. THE USE OF PATENT DATABASES TO DETECT TRENDS IN THE KRILL FISHERY

   Abstract:  Trends in the krill fishery are currently informed by data on annual catches and by the ... annual notification procedure. There has been considerable discussion within the Scientific Committee ... over the utility of these sources of information to detect trends, and of the need to obtain more ... information from the krill industry. This paper uses publicly available patent databases to examine both the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/BG/15 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

4. The effect of sample size on the observed length distribution of Antarctic krill

   Abstract:  The appropriate sample size for krill length measurement was raised during the WG-SISO ... -17 and WG-EMM-17 meetings.In this paper, the question was investigated through a case study based on ... the length data collected by scientific observers onboard the Chinese krill fishing vessel Fu Rong Hai ... during the 2015/2016 fishing season. The variation of statistical property of krill length distribution ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/21 : Author(s): Delegation of China

5. Future work of the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management and implications for the format of its meetings

   management advice to the Scientific Committee based on anecosystem assessment. Currently, management advice ... distributed predationpressure and randomly determined recruitment. The effects of uncertainty with regard ... the information necessary to implement amore robust ecosystem approach to management. A strategic plan ... for assembling thesecomponents was developed at the first meeting of WG-EMM and considerable ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/06 : Author(s): Convener WG-EMM

6. DEVELOPMENT OF RECOVERY PLANS FOR DEPLETED TOOTHFISH STOCKS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN SECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

   and commercial fishing and it is likely that they are depleted below the threshold for CCAMLR ... fisheries. An updated assessment of that status the stock at BANZARE Bank using data from the recent seasons ... along with the estimated time series of historical catches are used to provide estimates of B0 for this ... Division. For a range of scenarios, the Generalised Yield Model is then used to assess foregone yields and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/44 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford, A.J. Constable and J.P. McKinlay (Australia)

7. Results of research into distribution and status of stocks of target species in the Convention Area – Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean sectors of the Antarctic

   Abstract:  The USSR has carried out coordinated fisheries research in Antarctic since 1961. The ... results of more than 130 research cruises are summarised according to the three major sectors: the ... Atlantic Sector, the Indian Sector and the Pacific Sector. For each particular sector the review contains ... , • particulars of bioproductivity cycle. The Atlantic Sector has be en studied more thoroughly. The biology and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-III/INF. 10 : Author(s): USSR Delegation

8. Results of the 2015 multi-Member longline survey for toothfish in the northern Ross Sea region (Subarea 88.2 SSRUs A–B) and proposal for 2016 operations

   Abstract:  The first year of a two-year and multi-member research survey using standardised ... longline gear to sample toothfish populations was carried out in the northern areas (60°‑ 66° S) of SSRUs ... 88.2A–B. The sampling strategy and data collection adhered to standards set in CM 41-10 (2014). A total ... . Age composition of the catch as predicted by the spatial population model was similar to that observed ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/32 : Author(s): S.J. Parker, R.J.C. Currey (New Zealand), M. Söffker, C. Darby (United Kingdom), O. Godø (Norway) and A. Petrov (Russia)

9. Monitoring variability and change in the plankton communities of the Scotia Sea through Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys

   Abstract:  The northern regions of the Scotia Sea demonstrate notable variability in environmental ... conditions, particularly in the location of the Polar Front. This has a strong influence on patterns of ... species. The long-term impact of environmental variability on plankton species composition and abundance ... has been monitored through conducting a series of Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows in the South ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/29 : Author(s): G.A. Tarling, M.Z. Wootton, D.G. Johns, T.D. Jonas, E.J. Murphy and P. Ward

10. Marine Protected Area planning by New Zealand and the United States in the Ross Sea region

    achieve the aims of Article 2 of the Convention.  CCAMLR has agreed a list of milestones for establishing ... a system of MPA in the Convention Area by 2012 (SC-CAMLR XXVIII, 3.28) and has encouraged Members to ... design and propose MPA scenarios on a regional basis.  The 2011 CCAMLR MPA Workshop is intended to ... MPA planning processes  undertaken by New Zealand and the United States, working in parallel and in ...

    Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/25 : Author(s): B.R. Sharp (New Zealand) and G.M. Watters (USA)

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