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1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Proposal for an acoustic krill biomass survey in CCAMLR Subarea 48.1 in relation to the hydrological environment and in conjunction with carbon cycling and temperature adaptation experiments of krill and salps

   Abstract:  As part of the German contribution to Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic ... CCAMLR division 48.1 during April 2018. The survey will be part of a larger research cruise (PS112 ... ) investigating the role of krill and salps in Southern Ocean carbon cycling and the temperature adaptation ... capacities of both species in the context of climate change. Acoustic survey and physiological experiments ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/39 : Author(s): B. Meyer, L. Suberg, S. Fielding, O.R. Godø and C. Reiss

6. Diet overlap among top predators at the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

   analyzed diet information on nine bird and two seal species collected in the austral summer from 1996 to ... 2000 at South Orkney Islands. Overall, the diet of most of the predators was mainly composed of krill ... , fish or penguins. The re-occurrence of prey among predators was intermediate and ranged from 25.3 to ... 36.7 and fish, krill and squid re-occurred most  frequently. The re-occurrence of fish among predator ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/04 : Author(s): M.L. Bertolin and R. Casaux

7. Preliminary assessment of the South Georgia toothfish stock, 2007

   Abstract:  1. The catch-at-length based CASAL model for toothfish at South Georgia is updated with ... data from the 2007 fishing season. The predicted spawning stock biomass and the yield is slightly ... higher than was estimated last year. 2. Improvements are made to the fit of tag data through (a ... estimates of catches at age from 1998 to 2006 (based on random sampling of the catch for age determination ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/29 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, R. Hillary and J. Pearce (United Kingdom)

8. 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)

9. ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL PUP PRODUCTION AND POPULATION TRENDS IN THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF ERROR IN PUP PRODUCTION ESTIMATES

   Abstract:  This paper reports the results of a ground survey of fur seal colonies from in the ... confidence limits on pup production. Total pup production was 7,602 (±103) pups down 24.4% from the last ... census in 2001/02 (10,057 ±142 pups born). Dead pups accounted for 1.64% of the total. A comparison with ... previous censuses over a 20yr period (1987, 1992, 1994, and 1996) indicates the rate of increase in fur ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-PSW-08/14 : Author(s): M.E. Goebel (USA), D.E. Torres C. (Chile), A. Miller, J. Santora, D. Costa (USA) and P. Diaz (Chile)

10. The biology and ecology of mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari – an Antarctic fish species that lack haemoglobin

    Abstract:  The mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) is a prominent member of the coastal ... fish fauna of the Seasonal Pack-ice Zone and the islands north of it. Separated into a number of stocks ... , its distribution ranges from the Scotia Arc region, namely South Georgia, in the Atlantic Ocean sector ... to the Kerguelen-Heard Plateau in the Indian Ocean sector. Mackerel icefish have been heavily ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/24 : Author(s): Everson, I., Kock, K.-H.

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