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Observation and comments on the scientific basis and draft RMP of the WSMPA Proposal
Abstract: The scientific background in support of the Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area (WSMPA ... ) has been discussed in the SC-CAMLR for 3 years. Some agreements has been reached in the SC-CAMLR ... provided serious and constructive suggestions on the issue. Author(s): Delegation of the People’s Republic ... of China Title: Observation and comments on the scientific basis and draft RMP of the WSMPA Proposal ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-38/BG/15 : Author(s): Delegation of the People’s Republic of China
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The importance of Antarctic Toothfish as prey of Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea: a Review
Abstract: Uncertainty exists over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as ... prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We herein assess relative weight given to direct, observational ... that toothfish are important to Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). The seals eat only the flesh ... day. Based on these and other data, the non-breeding portion of the McMurdo Sound seal population ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P02 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley and D.B. Siniff
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Continuation in the 2015/16 season of the research plan initiated in 2012/13 for stocks of Dissostichus spp. in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2
Abstract: In the 2012/13 fishing season Spain began implementing a multi-annual Research Plan for ... : depletion and tagging. In 2014/15 the vessel was unable to conduct the proposed research experience due to ... problems with a blade of the propeller, During the season 2015/16 is intended to make the same proposed ... research with some minor changes, always subject to the ice conditions, fulfilling Spain's commitment ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/02 : Author(s): Delegation of Spain
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Stomach contents of the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica
Abstract: The stomach contents of 496 Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) captured by ... bottom longline in the western Ross Sea during the 2003 summer fishing (from Dec 2002 to Jun 2003) season ... length. D. mawsoni feeds on a wide range of prey but is primarily piscivorous. The most important prey ... species was Whitson’s grenadier (Macrourus whitsoni), which dominated the overall diet. In continental ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/31 : Author(s): D.W. Stevens (New Zealand)
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In situ observations of the scavenging fauna of the South Georgia slope
Abstract: The scavenging fauna of the South Georgia slope was investigated from 41 baited camera ... deployment at depths of 471-2235 m during research cruises in September 1997 and January 2000 and 2003. The ... scavenging fauna included grenadiers (Macrourus sp.), morids and skates. The data indicate toothfish are ... absent from depths greater than 1800 m and temperatures less than 1.3 C. The arrival rate of crabs at the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/76 : Author(s): M.A. Collins, I. Everson, R. Patterson, P.M. Bagley, C. Yau, M. Belchier and S. Hawkins (United Kingdom)
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Comparative analysis of the results of determination of reproductive ability of Antarctic toothfish in the Subarea 88.3
Dissostichus mawsoni caught in the Bellingshausen Sea in 2011- 2012 seasons are presented. Morphological ... the Bellingshausen Sea the Antarctic toothfish had deferred reproductive ability compared with other ... subareas of the Pacific Antarctic studied previously, it was detected a low share of females with the ... ovaries at the stage of vitelligenous growth of oocytes (diameter 1.41-1.61 mm), and males with maturing ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/32 : Author(s): S.V. Piyanova, A.F. Petrov and A.V. Presnyakov (Russia)
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On interim distribution of the trigger level in the fishery for Euphausia superba in Statistical Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4
Abstract: Taking into account the practice and current state of krill fishery in Area 48, Ukraine ... proposed to upgrade the Conservation Measure 51-07 in order to redistribute the trigger level of catch in ... establishing season limitations of close to shore fishery. New revision will still enable to follow the ... precaution conservation principles of the Convention and in the same time will not inflict an economic damage ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/56 : Author(s): G. Milinevskyi and K. Demianenko
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Revised progress report for the fourth year of the research fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 being jointly undertaken by Japan and South Africa
Statistical Subarea 48.6 by Japan and South Africa during the 2012/13 fishing season. Two vessels participated ... in the research project in each of the three fishing seasons and the progress achieved during the ... first 3.5 years is reported. The emphasis of the progress report is on block 486_2, since more tag ... Title: Revised progress report for the fourth year of the research fishery for Dissostichus spp. in ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/56 : Author(s): S. Somhlaba, R. Leslie, K. Taki, T. Ichii and T. Namba
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Report on the effectiveness of integrated weight (fast sinking) longlines in reducing the mortality of white-chinned petrels and sooty shearwaters in autoline longline fisheries
Abstract: The difference in the number of white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) and ... examined in the New Zealand ling (Genypterus blacodes) autoline longline fishery. The experiments were ... conducted in the seabird breeding seasons (October/November) of 2002 and 2003 on F/V’s Janas and Avro ... the seabird species occurring in Divisions and Subareas where night setting exemption currently ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/72 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia), N. Smith (New Zealand), B. Wienecke and S. Candy (Australia)
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Changing status of three notothenioid fish at the South Shetland Islands (1983–2016) after impacts of the 1970–80s commercial fishery
Abstract: Owing to commercial fishing during the late 1970s/early 1980s, targeted notothenioid ... species had become depleted around the South Shetland Islands. Herein we report subsequent changes in the ... 2007 and 2012 around the South Shetland Islands: (1) continued increase in the abundance of N. rossii ... but seemingly relate to the dramatically changing ecosystem of the region due in part to climate as ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/P01 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro, E. Marschoff and D. Ainley