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A two-fleet ASPM assessment of the toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) resource in the Prince Edward Islands vicinity
Abstract: The ASPM assessment of the Prince Edward Islands toothfish resource by Brandão and ... become available for the years 2004 and 2005. The assessment is also generalised to allow for a second ... obtained show a much greater selectivity for larger toothfish for the pot than for the longline fishery – a ... feature which has important implications for the status of the population. The possible extent of cetacean ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/58 : Author(s): A. Brandão and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)
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SUMMARY OF FRENCH PAPERS REGARDING RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE INCIDENTAL MORTALITY OF SEABIRDS
Abstract: During its 26th Meeting, the Scientific Committee 'noted the ongoing efforts to ... use and develop effective mitigation measures in the French EEZ fisheries and that France continues to ... reduce its total seabird by-catch (13% decrease from the previous season). However, the seabird captures ... during longline fishing in the French EEZs are the only remaining substantial seabird by-catch in the ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVII/10 : Author(s): Delegation of France
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COMPARISON OF THE BIOMASS OF ANTARCTIC KRILL, (EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA), AROUND THE SOUTH SHETLAND AND SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS IN THREE YEARS: 1999, 2000 AND 2008
2008 to calculate the biomass and demographic characteristics of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ... ) surrounding the South Orkney and South Shetlands Islands. Net tow data show that length frequency ... distributions of krill between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands were similar. The similarity in ... may be useful in deriving biomass estimates for the South Orkney Islands in 1999. We use a simple ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/26 : Author(s): C. Reiss and A. Cossio (USA)
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Update on the conservation status, distribution and priorities for albatrosses and petrels in the CCAMLR area
population declines. The population trends of a large proportion of 16 ACAP species with significant ... distribution in the CCAMLR area are still uncertain or showed declines during the last two decades, and two ... thirds of the total is listed by the IUCN as threatened. The greatest threat to the ACAP species is ... seabird bycatch in the area under its jurisdiction to negligible levels. However, the species distributed ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/10 : Author(s): Submitted by the ACAP Secretariat
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A brief review of information relevant to the establishment of a Krill Research Zone within the proposed Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area
Abstract: At the close of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... Resources meeting in 2015, New Zealand and the United States introduced a revision to the proposed Ross Sea ... Region Marine Protected Area (RSRMPA) that included the addition of a Krill Research Zone (KRZ). A ... central aim of the proposed KRZ is to enhance research opportunities within the RSRMPA. To provide a ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/49 : Author(s): E.S. Klein and G.M. Watters
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Distribution, biomass and abundance of Antarctic krill in the vicinity of Elephant Island during the 1996 austral summer
Abstract: Results from two acoustic and net surveys conducted in the vicinity of Elephant Island ... during the 1996 austral summer indicate very good krill recruitment from spawning in 1994/5. Areas of ... than 200m. One-year old juvenile krill numerically dominated catches during the first survey in January ... and were widely distributed throughout the southern portion of the survey area. Large, sexually mature ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/23 : Author(s): Demer, D.A., Hewitt, R.P., Loeb, V.
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2006–2013 fish distribution and biomass in the Kerguelen EEZ (CCAMLR DIVISION 58-5-1) for the bathymetric range 100–1 000 m
Abstract: Three fish biomass surveys have been recently undertaken in the northern part of the ... Kerguelen Plateau (POKER 1, 2006; POKER 2, 2010; POKER 3, 2013) with the chartered trawler FV “Austral ... ” repeating the same random and stratified sampling stations in the bathymetric range 100 – 1000 m. Data on ... the bathymetric and geographical fish distribution are available for 19 bottom-dwelling species (13 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/07 : Author(s): G. Duhamel, M. Hautecœur and R. Sinegre (France)
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Report of the Workshop for the International Coordinated Survey in conjunction with CCAMLR-2000 Survey
Abstract: Vessels from Japan, Republic of Korea, Peru and the USA had participated in the conduct ... with CCAMLR 2000 survey. Time-series acoustic data from the coordinated survey were analyzed. Excluding ... the highest and lowest surveys, biomass densities on three remaining surveys were 49.2 g m-2 (CV 19.5 ... each of the surveys are presented, and examination of these maps suggests three consistent area of high ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/68 : Author(s): Delegations of Japan, Rep. of Korea, USA and Peru
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Conservation at CCAMLR: Understanding Article II of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Abstract: Article II has periodically been the subject of discussion in the Commission. As ... CCAMLR moves through its fourth decade of service as a vital part of the Antarctic Treaty system, the ... delegations of United States and Australia considered it was important to recall the development of the ... taking a close look at Article II of the Convention to see how the term is applied and to consider its ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXV/BG/28 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and the USA
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Preliminary acoustic results from the New Zealand IPY-CAML survey of the Ross Sea region in February-March 2008
Abstract: During February and March 2008 New Zealand carried out a major research voyage into the ... Ross Sea region in support of the International Polar Year Census of Antarctic Marine Life (IPY-CAML ... ). The 50 day voyage on the research vessel Tangaroa involved an extensive survey of marine organisms ... from viruses to pelagic and demersal fish and cephalopods in depths from the surface down to 3500 m ...
Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-09/05 : Author(s): R. O’Driscoll, G. Macaulay, S. Gauthier, M. Pinkerton and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)