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1. Annual Report from SCAR to CCAMLR

   Abstract:  This Background Paper reports on the various activities conducted by SCAR that are of ... potential interest to CCAMLR as well as areas where the two organizations are already cooperating. Annual ... updates to the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE) continue to be made to the Treaty ... , CCAMLR and others (see accompanying paper). SCAR also now has funds (from Norway, the UK and ASOC) to ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXX/BG/15 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

2. Antarctic's pelagic ecosystem: how environmental change will affect Salpidae population structure

   Abstract:  Dynamic climate changes have become noticeable in recent decades, especially in the ... vulnerable region of Western Antarctic. The relatively simple food web of this area relies on krill ... - Euphausia superba. Presumably as a result of climatic fluctuations, a decrease in the numbers of this ... crustacean has been recorded, followed by an increase in the population of the gelatinous zooplankter Salpa ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P08 : Author(s): A.W. Słomska, A.A. Panasiuk-Chodnicka, M.I. Żmijewska and M.K. Mańko (Poland)

3. Domain 1 Marine Protected Area Preliminary Proposal PART C: Biodiversity Analysis by MPA zones

   Abstract:  This document contributes to the planning process for the designation of a Domain 1 MPA ... led by Argentina and Chile. In particular, this paper provides a biodiversity analysis by zone for the ... Domain 1 MPA preliminary proposal introduced during the last EMM meeting (WG-EMM-17/23; WG-EMM 17/24; WG ... , especially when their distribution is complex. The Domain 1 MPA model was generated based on Priority Areas ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/21 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

4. SOME FIELD MATERIALS ON AREA AND SEASON OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH SPAWNING

   Abstract:  On the results of some field materials collected from 2002 till 2008, on the basis of ... to select locations and periods of Antarctic toothfish mass spawning in some areas of the Pacific ... Ocean and Indian Ocean sectors of the Antarctic. In the Ross Sea area the most probable areas are the ... Pacific Antarctic Ridge and the Amundsen Ridge in the Amundsen Sea area. In the Cooperation Sea area the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/14 : Author(s): V. Prutko (Ukraine)

5. DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY ON ANTARCTIC KING CRAB PARALOMIS FORMOSA CAUGHT AS BYCATCH IN FISHERY FOR TOOTHFISH (DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES) ON PATAGONIAN CONTINENTAL SLOPE

   Abstract:  Scientific observation was conducted in the commercial trip on the long-liner " ... ;Simeiz", operating under the Ukrainian flag, in the south-western Atlantic Ocean outside the ... exclusive (marine) economic zones of the foreign states (FAO statistical area 41) in the period from ... -line set. Crabs occurred on depths of 984-1810 m. The length карапакса самцов crabs made 2,1-8,9 sm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/30 : Author(s): Yu.V. Korzun (Ukraine)

6. Marine debris surveys at Bird Island, South Georgia 1990 to 1995

   Abstract:  The Antarctic marine environment has relatively few direct sources of man-made marine ... debris; however, there is concern over the dangers posed to wildlife by increasing amounts of such debris ... programme developed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to ... monitor compliance with waste disposal under MARPOL and the effectiveness of additional regulations to ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XV/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

7. Marine debris: a persistent and emerging threat to antarctic ecosystems

   Abstract:  CCAMLR has had success in tackling marine debris from local sources in the Southern ... Ocean; however it remains a persistent threat. Current understanding of the distribution and impacts of ... evidence suggests that microplastic concentrations in the Southern Ocean are higher than previously thought ... , and that they are from local and international sources. Knowledge of the impacts of debris ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

8. Fishing for toothfish using pots: results of trials undertaken around South Georgia, March–May 2000

   Abstract:  During the period March to May 2000, the UK undertook trials of a pot fishing method to ... catch D. eleginoides around South Georgia (Sub-area 48.3). This method has the potential to minimise, or ... eliminate, incidental bird mortality when compared to the standard longline method. This paper describes the ... trial, the results, and discusses the commercial viability of this fishing method for toothfish ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/23 : Author(s): D. Agnew, T. Daw, M. Purves and G. Pilling (United Kingdom)

9. An inter-laboratory comparison of ages estimated for Dissostichus eleginoides using otoliths

   , otoliths were taken from 100 fish caught in the South Atlantic, and transverse sections prepared by baking ... , then grinding from the anterior and posterior sides of the otolith. Ages were estimated from the ... otoliths by one reader from the Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology at Old Dominion University and ... one reader from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, without auxiliary ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/56 : Author(s): J. Ashford (United Kingdom) and P. Horn (New Zealand)

10. Fishing behaviour of Chinese krill fishing fleet

    Abstract:  Understanding the fishing behavior of a kind of fishery is a very important part of ... developing and managing this fishery comprehensively. In this paper, based on the random walk model, the ... relationship between distance and frequency distribution of the adjacent krill fishing positions were analyzed ... in the subareas of the Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/45 : Author(s): R. Wang and G.P. Zhu

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