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1. Proposal for a longline survey on toothfish in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in 2017/18

   Abstract:  Norway proposes a plan to investigate the toothfish populations in the Statistical ... and acoustic techniques. The proposed research is pertinent to issues raised by the Scientific ... characterise the local toothfish populations in the area to better understand stock structure, movement ... patterns and improve estimation of population characteristics and thereby contribute to the development of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/61 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Norway

2. Polar Code Phase 2 and next steps for Southern Ocean vessel management

   Abstract:  This paper provides an update on the progress at the International Maritime ... Organization (IMO) on the timetabling and development of a second phase of work on the International Code for ... vessels, pleasure craft, small cargo vessels). It leads to recommendations on the engagement of CCAMLR and ... CCAMLR Members in the work at the IMO and also identifies actions to be undertaken ahead of completion of ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/BG/26 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

3. Population, breeding, diet and conservation of Crozet shag Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis at Marion Island, 1994/95 to 2002/03

   Abstract:  The number of Crozet shags or cormorants Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis breeding ... at subantarctic Marion Island decreased by 68% from 841 pairs in 1994/95 to 272 pairs in 2002/03. The ... mean number of pairs at colonies also decreased and was significantly related to the overall number of ... birds breeding in any given season. The decreases coincided with a period of warming and reduced ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/17 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, J. Cooper, B.M. Dyer, A.C. Wolfaardt, D. Tshingana, K. Spencer, S.L. Petersen, J.L. Nel, D.G. Keith, C.L. Holness, B. Hanise, M.D. Greyling and M. du Toit (South Africa)

4. OCEAN-BOTTOM KRILL SEX

   Abstract:  For the first time the entire sequence of the mating behaviour of Antarctic krill ... (Euphausia superba) in the wild is captured on underwater video. This footage also provides evidence that ... mating can take place near the seafloor at depths of 400–700 m. This observation challenges the generally ... accepted concept of the pelagic lifestyle of krill. The mating behaviour observed most closely resembles ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/P7 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi, R. Kilpatrick, L. Roberts, R.A. King and S. Nicol

5. Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area: Reporting, Periodic Review and Period of Designation Elements

   Abstract:  This paper describes the following elements associated with the proposal for a Marine ... Protected Area in the Ross Sea Region (CCAMLR-XXXIV-29): a possible procedure for reporting on research and ... monitoring activities within the proposed Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area (RSRMPA); how the Commission ... might review the extent to which the objectives of the RSRMPA are still relevant and are being achieved ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/39 : Author(s): Delegations of the USA and New Zealand

6. Designation of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctic Waters

   Abstract:  Over the last few years, the designation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in Antarctica ... has been the subject of active discussion. This issue was widely discussed at the last meeting of the ... CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring (WG-EMM-12); it has been the subject of voluminous documents ... prepared by CCAMLR Members, and also workshop reports of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/29 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation

7. Inter-annual variability in krill density at South Georgia: 1997–2012

   , maintaining very large numbers of predators, and fluctuations in their abundance can affect the overall ... structure and functioning of the ecosystems. The inter-annual variability in the abundance and biomass of ... krill was examined using a 15 year time series of acoustic observations undertaken in the Western Core ... Box (WCB) survey area to the north of South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Krill targets were identified in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/14 : Author(s): S. Fielding, J.L Watkins, P. Trathan, P. Enderlein, C. Waluda, C. Goss, G. Stowasser, G. Tarling and E. Murphy (United Kingdom)

8. Proposal for a longline survey on toothfish in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in 2017/18

   Abstract:  Norway proposes a plan to investigate the toothfish populations in the Statistical ... mapping, and the study will adhere to principles and guidance expressed in CM 41-01. In future years the ... aim is to expand the investigation and involve additional collaborating members. New Zealand has been ... contacted and discussions have started on collaboration from the 2018/19 fishing season. The expectation is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-17/06 : Author(s): Delegation of Norway

9. Impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus on Cape gannets Morus capensis at Malgas Island, Western Cape, South Africa

   (Morus capensis) fledglings around Malgas Island in the 2000/01 breeding season, 11 000 in 2003/04 and 10 ... 000 in 2005/06. This amounted to about 29%, 83% and 57% of the overall production of fledglings at the ... sustainable. There was a 25% reduction in the size of the colony, the second largest of only six extant Cape ... seals on seabirds around southern African islands since the mid 1980s, coincidental with both an ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/9 : Author(s): A.B. Makhado, R.J.M. Crawford and L.G. Underhill (South Africa)

10. Seal mitigation measures on trawl vessels fishing for krill in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3.

    Abstract:  At the 2004 meeting of the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM ... ) in Siena, Italy, the UK reported on the by-catch of fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the krill ... fur seal deaths in the fishery. WG-EMM requested that the UK provide further details of the methods ... employed for consideration by the ad hoc Working Group on Incidental Mortality Arising from Fishing (WG ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/P1 : Author(s): Charman, C., Clark, J., Hooper, J., Agnew, D.

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