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Review of rattail and skate by-catch and analysis of rattail standardised CPUE from the Ross Sea toothfish fishery in Subarea 88.1 from 1997/98 to 2001/02
Abstract: Little is known about the bycatch of skates, rays and macrourids in the target longline ... fishery for toothfish in the Ross Sea. Following concerns about the accuracy of reporting of bycatch ... raised by the 2001 CCAMLR bycatch subgroup, the processes for recording bycatch in this fishery were ... reviewed and the accuracy of data recording was investigated. Current systems were considered to be ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/40 : Author(s): R.G. Blackwell and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Seabird mortality in the Japanese tuna longline fishery around Australia, 1988–1995
Abstract: Large numbers of seabirds are killed each year within the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ ... ) by Japanese longline vessels targeting tuna. In recent years the estimated rate of seabird bycatch in ... the AFZ has been in the order of 0.15 birds 1000 hooks, translating to mortalities of 1000-3500 birds ... observed hauled aboard the vessels. The observed seabird catch rate varies annually, seasonally and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/31 : Author(s): N. Brothers, R. Gales and T. Reid (Australia)
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Proposal for a Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (RSMPA) in the East Antarctica planning domain
Abstract: This paper proposes a representative system of marine protected areas (RSMPA) in the ... East Antarctica Planning Domain identified by the CCAMLR Worksop on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in ... 2011 (WS‐MPA‐11). It also proposes that the East Antarctica RSMPA be endorsed by the SC‐CAMLR and that ... it be recommended to the Commission as part of the commitment to delivering MPAs by 2012. This ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/11 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and France
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An acoustic survey of Antarctic krill on the South Georgia shelf, CCAMLR Subarea 48.3, in January 1992
the opportunity was taken in 1992 to produce a krill biomass estimate as a by-product of a fish stock ... operating at 38 kHz and 120 kHz. The results have been analysed for all straight sections of track when the ... ship's speed exceeded 7 knots and when the ship was over the shelf around the main island of South ... Georgia. The appearances of echoes on echo charts were used to decide which echoes to include in krill ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/42 : Author(s): Everson, I., Goss, C.
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CONTINUING CCAMLR’S FIGHT AGAINST IUU FISHING FOR TOOTHFISH EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT BY TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL AND WWF AUSTRALIA
Abstract: Despite the continuous efforts of CCAMLR to fight Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported ... (IUU) fishing, there remains evidence of IUU activities in the Convention area. This paper is the ... with WWF Australia that presents a trade-based assessment of toothfish catch for the period of 2003 ... -2007 with a view to provide an indication of the extent of the IUU catch. The report highlights that in ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/38 : Author(s): Submitted by IUCN
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Ocean acidification and the Southern Ocean
, including the Southern Ocean. The relative undersaturation of CaCO3 in the Southern Ocean suggests that ... organisms such as the pteropods that form the base of much of the Southern Ocean food chain. Orr et al (2005 ... ) predicted that under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) IS92a warming scenario, which ... assumes “business as usual”- emissions leading to 778 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere by 2100- aragonite will ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/24 : Author(s): ASOC Observer
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Preliminary analysis of toothfish catch, CPUE, size structure and mark-recapture data from SSRUs 486A and 486G, with comments on the sustainability of different harvest levels
in Subarea 48.6 north of 60°S (the combined SSRUs 48.6A and 48.6G). A preliminary assessment for D ... . mawsoni in Subarea 48.6 south of 60°S (the combined SSRUs 48.6B through 48.6E) is given in an Appendix. An ... proportional to the mean length at that age. The model makes provision for IUU catches, insofar as this is ... possible given the available information. Actual assumptions are set out in this document. CPUE data are ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/31 : Author(s): E. Thomson and M. Bergh (South Africa)
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Winter distribution and condition of Antarctic krill in relation to sea-ice and water column production in the South Shetland Islands during Austral Winter 2013
stations around the South Shetland Islands during a 30 day cruise between 10 August and 9 September 2013 ... . Abundance and demographic patterns revealed that Antarctic krill were concentrated in the southern ... during the 2012 winter survey (Reiss and Jones 2013; WG-EMM 13/40) but similar in size to krill found in ... the German survey during summer in 2013 (Siegel 2013; WG-EMM 13/24). Large krill (>50mm), although ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/13 : Author(s): C.S. Reiss, J. Walsh, K. Dietrich and J.A. Santora (USA)
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Research plan for the 2016/17 toothfish fishery in Division 58.4.4b by Japan and France
Abstract: Japan and France made the next season’s (2016/17) research plan in research blocks ... 58.4.4b_1 and 58.4.4b_2 using the updated CCAMLR C2 and Observer data. The estimated median stock size in ... -package tagr. The estimated median stock size in block 58.4.4b_1 and 58.4.4b_2 was 1 057, and 1 153 tonnes ... , respectively, in CPUE analogy method (reference area: northern area of Subarea 48.4) using the relevant ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-16/06 : Author(s): Delegations of Japan and France
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Acoustic monitoring and evaluation of krill in the Antarctic ecosystem Bransfield Strait and around Elephant Island during ANTAR XXI and XXII, aboard RV Humboldt, Peru
Abstract: Monitoring and hydroacoustic assessment of the distribution and biomass of krill ... (Euphausia superba) was held on board the BIC Humboldt during scientific campaigns Peru to Antarctica in the ... austral summer: Antar XXI (15 to 22 February 2013) and Antar XXII (22 to 31 January 2014). The areas ... ; ANTAR XXII: 21 070.62 nm2 with 17 transects).The SIMRAD EK60 scientific echosounder used for ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/76 : Author(s): R. Cornejo, M. Flores and J. Zuzunaga