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Report of ACAP Working Group on Status and Trends Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – Status and Trends Working Group
Abstract: 1. The first Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP1) of the Agreement on the ... Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) agreed to review the population status, trends and demography of ... albatrosses (21 species) and petrels (seven species) listed on Annex 1 of the Agreement (MOP1 Final Report ... , Paragraph 7.2). 2. To progress this review, ACAP’s Advisory Committee established a Working Group with the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/40
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NPOA-Seabirds Science Advisory Group Final recommendations on fields of research for the NPOA Medium Term Research Plan 2006/07–2010/11
Abstract: Following the review by Alderman (unpublished) and Bull (unpublished) of research into ... seabird-fishery interactions, a set of recommendations were made by the Science Advisory Group to the ... National Plan of Action – Seabirds. The recommendations were developed under six main topic areas: a ... to be considered when commissioning future research on seabird interactions with fisheries and the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/46 : Author(s): S. Waugh (Convener) (New Zealand)
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Development of an underwater setting method for surface longliners, to minimise the accidental capture of seabirds
Abstract: In response to the Department of Conservation's concerns for the accidental ... placement devices were evaluated. Two methods being selected for further in depth evaluation. The first ... concept being a towed paravane with an endless cable employed to transport and release the bait at the ... depth to which the paravane was set. Although practical bait carrying devices were designed, the ability ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/54 : Author(s): Bentley, N., Smith, M.
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Indexing maturation of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea region
Abstract: The longline fisheries for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in subareas 88.1 ... and 88.2 have provided more than a decade of observations to aid in understanding the life history and ... ecology of toothfish. Updated spawning ogives for males and females support the currently used values ... fish developing to spawn in the upcoming season. Evidence is accumulating that almost all Antarctic ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/40 : Author(s): S. Parker and P. Marriott (New Zealand)
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By-catch of rays in the 2002/03 toothfish fishery around South Georgia
Abstract: The 2002/2003 fishing season was the first in which three new policies for rays were ... tried: • It was the first in which vessels were asked to cut off all rays at water level to assist ... survival and conservation of rays; • It was the first in which very good quality information was available ... from all observers’ tally periods on the catch rates of rays cut off the line; • In 2003 the UK, with ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/58 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, J. Pearce and M. Endicott (United Kingdom)
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Consumption of krill by minke whales in Areas IV and V of the Antarctic
Abstract: The consumption of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) by the southern minke whale ... (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Areas IV and V of the Antarctic was estimated from diurnal change in the ... forestomach content mass, standard metabolism and the body mass increase methods based on JARPA (the Japanese ... Whale Research Program Under Special Permit in the Antarctic) data. Estimates of the daily food ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/17 : Author(s): Fujise, Y., Tamura, T., Ichii, T.
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Progress report on the Weddell Sea Research Program Stage II
Abstract: Results of longline survey on Antarctic toothfish in the Weddell Sea (Stage II) are ... presented in the paper. Options I and II of the survey were carried out from February 10 to February 22 ... , 2014. A total of 34 longlines were set: the Option I – 10+20 and the Option II – 4 at the depths ... ranging from 605 to 2031 m. A total number of hooks – 116 100, area – 13565 km 2. Catch value of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/05 : Author(s): A.F. Petrov, I.I. Gordeev, S.V. Pianova and E.F. Uryupova (Russia)
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Reporting procedures for the continuous fishing method
Abstract: Information about catch and effort from the fishing fleet is vital for evaluation of ... the management of krill. The continuous trawling method requires adapted reporting procedures compared ... to traditional trawling. The present reporting procedure of 2-hour intervals has demonstrated ... imprecise and with some systematic errors in positioning the catch. In previous EMM meeting we proposed ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/48 : Author(s): O.R. Godø and T. Knutsen
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Some components of uncertainty in the CCAMLR 2000 acoustical survey of krill
Abstract: Quickly studied and quantified were sources of uncertainty in the CCAMLR 2000 ... acoustical estimate of krill abundance in FAO statistical area 48. The variance in system calibration was ... evaluated in relation to the effects of variant water temperature and salinity on sound speed, sound ... and orientations. The uncertainty in species delineation was also investigated through the same ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/49 : Author(s): D.A. Demer (USA)
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Recommendation for an explicit limit reference point for the mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) fishery in CCAMLR Statistical Division 58.5.2
Abstract: Large fluctuations in abundance are a persistent feature of the populations of mackerel ... icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in the waters adjacent to Heard Island and the McDonald Islands in ... CCAMLR Statistical Division 58.5.2. The current decision rules for setting catch limits for icefish ... . Australia recommends the development of a limit reference point, such that the commercial catch limit for ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/34 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia