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1. LETTER TO DRS REID, WATTERS AND JONES IN REGARD TO “DISAPPEARANCE OF TOOTHFISH FROM MCMURDO SOUND”

   Abstract:  We the undersigned wish to bring to your attention a potentially grave situation that ... needs to be addressed without significant delay. Together we have worked in the Ross Sea and vicinity ... for more than 300 person-years, and in the process have gained considerable knowledge about the Ross ... Sea ecosystem. Several recent findings indicate that the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/20 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley, S.F. Ackley, K. Arrigo (USA), G. Ballard (New Zealand), J.P. Barry (USA), L. Blight (Canada), P. Broady, B. Davison (New Zealand), P. Dayton, A.L. DeVries, K. Dugger, J.T. Eastman, S.D. Emslie (USA), C. Evans (New Zealand), R.A. Garrott, G. Hofmann, S. Kim, G. Kooyman, S.S. Jacobs (USA), G. Lauriano (Italy), A. Lescroël (France), D.R. MacAyeal (USA), M. Massaro (New Zealand), S. Olmastroni (Italy), P.J. Ponganis (USA), E. Robinson (New Zealand), D.B. Siniff, W.O. Smith (USA), I. Sti

2. Acoustic discrimination of southern ocean zooplankton

   Abstract:  Acoustic surveys in the vicinity of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia revealed ... the existence of a number of horizontally extensive yet vertically discrete scattering layers in the ... upper 250 m of the water column. These layers were fished with a LonghurstHardy plankton recorder (LHPR ... each scattering layer was composed predominantly of a single species of either the euphausiids ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/54 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S., Goss, C., Ward, P.

3. Growth and shrinkage in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba is sex-dependent

   Abstract:  The ability of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana to withstand the overwintering ... during this time in response to the low availability of food. Nevertheless, verification that krill can ... shrink in the natural environment is lacking because winter data are difficult to obtain. One of the few ... adult krill (>35 mm total body length) obtained from commercial vessels in the Scotia-Weddell region ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/P04 : Author(s): G. Tarling, S. Hill, H. Peat, S. Fielding, C. Reiss and A. Atkinson

4. Length-at-age juvenile Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides

   Abstract:  The fishery for Patagonian toothfish is one of the most valuable in the CCAMLR Area ... . Age based models are used to assess the status of the stocks of this species. Although age can be ... estimated using otoliths it has proven difficult for these to be validated. During a recent trawl survey the ... length density of juvenile toothfish in the catches had a clearly defined polymodal distribution. The age ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/16 : Author(s): J. Ashford (USA), I. Everson (UK), C. Jones and S. Bobko (USA)

5. Krill fishery report: 2010 update

   Abstract:  So far this season (2009/10), ten of the 11 krill fishing vessels licensed by Members ... (China, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Russia) have fished in Area 48. The total catch reported to May ... . Approximately 40% of the catch has been taken by two vessels using the continuous fishing system. The forecast ... total catch of krill for the season is 150000-180000 t. In 2008/09, five Members fished for krill in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

6. Abundance and richness of key Antarctic seafloor fauna correlates with modelled food availability

   Abstract:  Most seafloor communities at depths below the photosynthesis zone rely on food that ... sinks through the water column. However, the nature and strength of this pelagic–benthic coupling and ... its influence on the structure and diversity of seafloor communities is unclear, especially around ... Antarctica where ecological data are sparse. Here we show that the strength of pelagic–benthic coupling along ...

   Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/P01 : Author(s): J. Jansen, N.A. Hill, P.K. Dunstan, J. McKinlay, M.D. Sumner, A.L. Post, M.P. Eléaume, L.K. Armand, J.P. Warncock, B.K. Galton-Fenzi and C.R. Johnson

7. Trends in entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at South Georgia

   . Consequently, the authority responsible for the management of Southern Ocean marine resources (CCAMLR) actively ... campaigned for compliance with the MARPOL provisions relating to waste disposal at sea, and for cutting of ... incidence has been halved in recent years. However, the South Georgia fur seal population has approximately ... doubled in the same period, so that the overall total of animals entangled may even have increased ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XV/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

8. Short note on time series of Drake Passage Oscillation Index (DPOI) and its influence on environmental variability

   Abstract:  An assessment of the environmental processes influencing variability in the recruitment ... affects the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a whole. Naganobu et al. (1999) had assessed variability in ... krill recruitment and density in the Antarctic Peninsula area with an environmental factor; strength of ... westerly winds (westerlies) determined from sea-level pressure differences across the Drake Passage ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/14 : Author(s): M. Naganobu and K. Kutsuwada (Japan)

9. Fishing equipment, marine debris and oil associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 2003/04

   associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004. It is the eleventh ... found in association with wandering albatrosses than with any other species, although the number has ... decreased substantially since last year. Grey-headed albatross collected the highest number of marine debris ... items, mostly small plastic fragments, of the study species. The quantity of fishing gear and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

10. Marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at sub Antarctic Marion Island – 1998/99

    Abstract:  Most (52%) of the 306 debris items found in association with seabirds at Marion Island ... , during the season May 1998 to April 1999, originated from the fishing industry. The most common items ... found were rope nooses (79) and fishing hooks (28), both originating from the Patagonian toothfish ... Dissostichus eleginoides longline industry. Wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans took the highest proportion ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVIII/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

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