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1. Identifying marine protected areas (MPAs) in data-poor regions to conserve biodiversity and to monitor ecosystem change: an Antarctic case study

   Abstract:  The World Summit on Sustainable Development implementation plan requires, by 2012, a ... representative system of marine protected areas (RSMPA) for the purposes of long-term conservation of marine ... inadvertant failure while giving science the time and resources to provide better knowledge.  A staged process ... is needed for identifying areas in data-poor regions that would enable the objectives to be achieved ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/05 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, B. Raymond, S. Doust, D. Welsford (Australia), P. Koubbi (France) and A.L. Post (Australia)

2. Assessment models for Patagonian toothfish in research block 5843a_1 of Division 58.4.3a, Elan Bank

   status assessments of Dissostichus eleginoides in research block 5843a_1 in Division 58.4.3a for the ... years 2004/05 to 2012/13 following the recommendation during the last WG-SAM meeting. The two models are ... generally based on those with the same names in WG-SAM-14/17 as follows: 1) R.0.1 model without tagging ... comprised of two fisheries split by depths of 1 200 m as the model in WG-SAM-14/17.  Number of longlines was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/22 : Author(s): K. Taki (Japan)

3. Broadbandwidth sound scattering and absorption from krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), Mysids (Praunus flexuousus and Neomysis integer) and shrimp (Crangon crangon)

   (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) over the acoustical bandwidth of 30 to 210 kHz and compared to similar scattering ... measurements made of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba; Demer and Conti, 2003a). The measurements of total ... target strength (TTS) match the SDWBA model (Demer and Conti, 2003b) recently developed for Antarctic ... krill, indicating its validity for other euphausiids species with similar size and shape. However, the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/40 : Author(s): S.G. Conti, D.A. Demer (USA) and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

4. Precision of growth band determination from eyestalk sections of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) preserved in formalin

   feedback management of krill fisheries. Samples stored in 70% ethanol provide an opportunity to detect the ... have a greater impact on the feedback management process because this preservation method was more ... common in previous decades. Out of 162 Antarctic krill individuals preserved in 5% formalin, the growth ... bands from eyestalk sections of 134 samples were readable. The relationship between the total length and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P16 : Author(s): G.P. Zhu, Y. Yang, Q. Song and H.T. Zhang

5. Choosing distance between acoustic survey tacks

   Abstract:  The mathematical model was used to shown that the distance between acoustic survey ... tacks is reasonable to be selected based on the typical size of the surveyed region, allowable relative ... error in the biomass estimate, and the variation coefficient of the concentration density values. It is ... recommended to use the suggested criterion in real hydroacoustic surveys. Author(s):  Delegation of the USSR ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-V/BG/24 : Author(s): Delegation of the USSR

6. Estimation of size at maturity and calculation of an appropriate size limit for male Paralomis formosa

   -specific, median chela height of Paralomis formosa. The second derivative of the spline which made the best ... - carapace width, and Pr(72mm ≤ sBC ≤ 90mm) ≈ 0.95. The spline modeling technique appears to overcome some of ... the philosophical and statistical problems associated with estimating size at maturity by fitting ... be made to make the spline technique more robust to outliers in Y-space (crabs with regenerating ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/35 : Author(s): Watters, G.

7. Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate

   Abstract:  The age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... Georgia, in 1988 was compared with the age distribution of a sample obtained in 1971-1973. The mean age in ... age-dependent arrival time at the pupping beach in 1988, the mean age was 6.22 (SE = 0.14 years ... -1972. Exponential models fitted to the frequency distribution of age-classes greater than age 5 years ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-91/21 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd, N.J. Lunn, P. Rothery and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)

8. Entanglement in man-made debris of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia

   removed from 170) during the 142 days of the 1988-89 pup-rearing season at Bird Island, South Georgia ... . This represents at least 0.1% of the total Bird Island population and a minimum of 0.4% of animals in ... the best covered areas; a maximum value might approach 1%. Poly-propylene straps (packaging bands ... ) formed 59% of collars, nylon string (15%), fishing net (13%) and six other materials comprising the rest ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-VIII/BG/05 : Author(s): J.P. Croxall, S. Rodwell and I.P. Boyd (United Kingdom)

9. Selectivity of standard polish commercial trawl codends on Antarctic fishing grounds

   = 100 mm, made of double twines with a thickness of 4.2 mm. The studies covered 6 major fish species. 1 ... . It appears from the study that Antarctic icefish and bumphead notothenia are subject to selection ... during trawling, although the effectiveness of this process- especially in the latter case- is not ... tendency to pass through meshes of the codend than Antarctic icefish and bumphead notothenia. 3. The ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/11 : Author(s): J. Zaucha (Poland)

10. Congruent, decreasing trends of Gentoo Penguins and Crozet Shags at sub-Antarctic Marion Island suggest food limitation through common environmental forcing

    ] melanogenis breeding annually at Marion Island, one of South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands in the south-west ... between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, exhibited a partial recovery in the late-2000s and then decreased ... to their lowest recorded levels in 2012/13. In both instances, the partial recoveries in the late ... was negatively correlated with the date of arrival of adults to breed. Gentoo Penguins and Crozet ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/P09 Rev. 1 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford, B.M. Dyer, L. Upfold and A.B. Makhado

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