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The Weddell Sea MPA revisited and wider implications for CCAMLR MPA planning
Abstract: This paper summarises issues discussed in WG-EMM-17/42 relating to the appropriate use ... of data in the Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area (WSMPA) planning process, and whether the approach ... taken to develop the WSMPA proposal (CCAMLR-XXXV/18) was consistent with past and ongoing CCAMLR MPA ... underline the need for discussion and clarification on how consistency amongst CCAMLR MPA planning processes ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/10 : Author(s): Delegation of Norway
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Competition-mediated prey availability drives Adélie penguin (Pygocelis adeliae) chick size, mass and condition at colonies of differing size in the southern Ross Sea
Abstract: Understanding the relative effects of biotic and abiotic drivers of survival, and the ... interactions between them, is a key component in understanding the factors driving changes in animal ... breeding colonies of different sizes on Ross Island during a period of high environmental variability. The ... efficiency and providing a natural experiment to test the effects of environmental conditions and competition ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/31 : Author(s): A.L. Whitehead (Australia), P. O’B. Lyver (New Zealand), G. Ballard (USA), K. Barton, B.J. Karl (New Zealand), D.G. Ainley, K. Dugger, S. Jennings (USA), A. Lescroël (France) and P.R. Wilson (New Zealand)
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Report on exploratory fishing by Australia in Division 58.4.1 during the 2015/16 fishing season
in exploratory fishing within these Divisions. This paper reports on the fishing operation, catch ... immature and mature (gonad stage ≥ 3) D. mawsoni were present in both SSRUs. The most commonly caught ... recaptured. Voyage outcomes are evaluated in relation to the current stock hypothesis for the region, and ... their progress towards achievement of the research objectives outlined in WG-FSA-15/47 Rev. 1. This is a ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-16/35 : Author(s): P. Yates, D. Welsford, P. Ziegler, D. Maschette and T. Lamb
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Preliminary trials to test mitigation measures aimed at reducing Macrourus spp. by-catch on autoliners targeting D. eleginoides with longlines in the CCAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: Pilot studies were carried out in 48.3 in 2006 and in 88.1 and 88.2 in 2007 by the ... Argos Helena, testing 14/0 circle hooks and mackerel bait against hooks and bait routinely used by the ... similar effects on the catch rates of Dissostchus spp. and of all other by-catch species combined. However ... also significant and when bycatch to catch ratios were analysed, the variation due to bait was not ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/33 : Author(s): R.E. Mitchell, D.J. Agnew, T. Carruthers, J. Clark, L. Ross (United Kingdom) and J. van Heerden (South Africa)
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On problem of natural subdividing of Antarctic krill’s geographic area (an application to the monitoring of fishing)
Abstract: The possibilities of natural regionisation of antarctic krill's geographic area ... with emphasis on fisheries regions distribution are considered on the base of consisting data of ... position of regions of increased abundance of krill creates strong difficulties for determination of the ... membership crustacean to that or another stock on the basis of recent knowledges. Problem may be solved, if ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/37 : Author(s): R.R. Makarov and L.L. Menshenina (Russia)
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Modelling whale distribution: a preliminary analysis of data collected on the CCAMLR-IWC Krill Synoptic Survey, 2000
Abstract: We use data collected on the CCAMLR-IWC Krill Synoptic Survey (2000) to investigate ... relationships between cetacean density, krill density and oceanographic conditions. We explore the use of ... abundance estimates for sub-areas within the survey region, as well as for the survey region itself ... ): Observer (IWC) Title: Modelling whale distribution: a preliminary analysis of data collected on the CCAMLR ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/30 : Author(s): Observer (IWC)
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Identification of squid echoes in the south Atlantic
Abstract: During a research cruise of the British Antarctic Survey ship RRS James Clark Ross in ... February 1996, a substantial number of the ommastrephid squid, Martialia hyadesi, were caught in a pelagic ... trawl, near the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3. This paper describes acoustic data ... gathered during this haul and a survey of the immediate vicinity, in order to characterise an acoustic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/26 : Author(s): Rodhouse, P., Goss, C., Brierley, A., Watkins, J.
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A customised Marine Spatial Planning tool in Arc-GIS to facilitate development and evaluation of Marine Protected Area scenarios in the CCAMLR Area
Abstract: We describe the use of a GIS-based Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) tool designed to aid ... the development and transparent evaluation of MPA scenarios with reference to spatially explicit ... framework. The MSP tool has been customised to enable rapid set-up and use in any of the nine CCAMLR MPA ... Planning tool in Arc-GIS to facilitate development and evaluation of Marine Protected Area scenarios in the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/56 : Author(s): B.R. Sharp and K. Ollivier (New Zealand)
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Progress report 1: Proposal for GEF (Global Environment Facility) funding to support capacity building in the GEF-eligible CCAMLR Members
Abstract: In 2014, the Scientific Committee endorsed a proposal from South Africa that the ... Secretariat be tasked with developing a proposal for funding support from the Global Environment Facility to ... (SC-CAMLR-XXXIII, paragraph 10.30). This progress report provides an update on the development of a ... (Global Environment Facility) funding to support capacity building in the GEF-eligible CCAMLR Members ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/15 Rev. 1 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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An unmanned aerial vehicle as a platform for aerial photography of land-based predator populations in Antarctica: specifications and suitability of the Aerosonde Mark III
Abstract: WG-EMM is currently investigating the feasibility of undertaking broad-scale surveys of ... large and remote regions. We describe some specifications and assess the advantages and disadvantages of ... one such UAV, the ‘Aerosonde’, which is manufactured by Aerosonde™ in Melbourne, Australia. The ... cost, the need for a launching and landing runway, difficulty in operating around mountainous terrain ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/50 : Author(s): L. Irvine and C. Southwell (Australia)