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1. Modeling the growth dynamics of Antarctic krill

   examine the growth dynamics of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. A system of coupled, ordinary ... differential equations was developed to describe the growth of krill between 2 and 60 mm. The metabolic ... processes included in the model were ingestion, assimilation efficiency, a baseline respiration. respiratory ... resulted in the transfer of individuals to the next highest size class (growth), whereas negative net ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/68 : Author(s): Lascara, C.M., Hofmann, E.E.

2. Assessment of incidental catches of seabirds in the French EEZ included in Division 58.5.1 and Subarea 58.6

   Abstract:  France presented at the CCAMLR XXVIIth meeting, an action plan aiming to reduce ... incidental avian mortality by half in the French EEZ included in the statistic division and subarea 58.5.1 ... and 58.6, for the period 2008/2009 to 2011/2012.   France demonstrated at the CCAMLR XXXth meeting, to ... have successfully fulfilled its commitments and to have obtained encouraging results concerning the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/06 : Author(s): C. Marteau (France)

3. SCAR Report on Marine Acoustics and the Southern Ocean

   Abstract:  The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) convened its third international ... workshop on marine acoustic studies at the University of Cadiz, Spain in January 2006. The purpose of the ... workshop was to review improvements in knowledge and understanding of the interactions between marine ... mammals and noise generated by human activities in the Southern Ocean. The workshop revised the original ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXV/BG/23 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

4. Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in the diet of upper trophic level predators at South Georgia: implications for fisheries management

   Abstract:  Mackerel Icefish Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg is an important component of the ... important prey species for a number of upper trophic level predators, and is the target of commercial ... fisheries. Data on the frequency and size structure of C. gunnari in the diet of Antarctic fur seals ... used to examine the trophic interactions and evaluate the potential impact of predators on the C ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/74 : Author(s): K. Reid, S. Hill and T. Diniz (United Kingdom)

5. Escapement of elephant seal prey in the Heard Island fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides

   Abstract:  The Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, has been reported as prey of ... Elephant seals in the Heard Island region. A question was raised at SC-CAMLR-XV concerning what affect the ... fishery for toothfish in Division 58.5.2 might have on the abundance of the age classes of toothfish ... preyed on by these seals. This paper provides an updated analysis of the age of toothfish taken by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/42 : Author(s): Slip, D., Constable, A.J., de la Mare, W.K., Williams, R.

6. By-catch of juvenile Antarctic fish from krill (Euphausia superba Dana) fisheries in the South Georgia area, in 1992

   krill fishing by the BAT GrigOly Kovtun in the region of the South Georgia Islands during the period May ... -June 1992. Two species were predominant in the by-catches: Champsocephalus gunnari and Nototheniops ... larseni. The frequency of occurrence of juvenile fish was 18.2% when considering all krill tows and 45.5 ... krill, ranged from 700 to 18 900 individuals. In the case of C.gunnari, average values were 966±225 ind ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/8 Rev. 1 : Author(s): E.A. Pakhomov and S.A. Pankratov (Ukraine)

7. Establishing time-limited Special Areas for Scientific Study in newly exposed marine areas following ice shelf retreat or collapse in Subarea 48.1, Subarea 48.5 and Subarea 88.3 – Clarifications and options to further develop the 2015 proposal

   Abstract:  In 2015 the European Union proposed a draft Conservation Measure (CM) with the aim of ... collapse around the Antarctic Peninsula (CCAMLR-XXXIV/21). The proposed CM would establish Special Areas ... recommendation by the Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on Climate Change in 2010. The scientific basis of the ... proposal received broad support from the Scientific Committee in 2015 (SC-CAMLR-XXXIV, paragraphs 8.14 to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/27 : Author(s): S. Grant and P. Trathan

8. An integrated stock assessment for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery in Division 58.5.2

   Abstract:  This paper presents an updated assessment for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus ... eleginoides) fishery at Heard Island and McDonald Islands in CCAMLR Division 58.5.2 with data until end of the ... season 2015/16. The updated assessment model is based on the best available estimates of model parameters ... , the use of abundance estimates from a random stratified trawl survey (RSTS), longline tag-release data ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/19 : Author(s): P. Ziegler

9. Research and monitoring to support an MPA in the Ross Sea Region

   Abstract:  Conservation Measure 91-04 establishes the requirement for research and monitoring ... research and monitoring plans shall, to the extent necessary and inter alia, specify “(a) scientific ... research pursuant to the specific objectives of the MPA; (b) other research consistent with the specific ... objectives of the MPA; and/or (c) monitoring of the degree to which the specific objectives of the MPA are ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/46 : Author(s): G.M. Watters and C.S. Reiss (USA)

10. Biodiversity of the benthos off Kerguelen Islands: overview and perspectives

    Abstract:  The Kerguelen Plateau possesses a very diverse benthic fauna. Over the years, the ... number of species recorded from the Kerguelen has substantially increased. From 172 species reported by ... Arnaud (1974), the total number of species has increased dramatically to 735 (Jouventin et al., 1996) and ... then to 960 in the present study. This area is particularly vulnerable to human activities and global ...

    Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/P03 : Author(s): N. Améziane, M. Eléaume, L.G. Hemery, F. Monniot, A. Hemery, M. Hautecoeur and A. Dettaï

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