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Monitoring krill larvae at the Weddell-Scotia confluence
detected at the Weddell Scotia Confluence due to the presence of upwelling of larvae completing their ... developmental ascent. A number of quantitative variables reflect this phenomenon. As the position of the ... Confluence is fixed by the bottom topography interannual variability is geographicaly limited making possible ... to establish a monitoring programme aimed to evaluate the status of adult populations and recruitment ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/20 : Author(s): E. Marschoff, N.S. Alescio, D. Gallotti and G. Donini (Argentina)
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Prohibition of finning of sharks caught in the CAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: Conservation Measure 32-18 on the conservation of sharks prohibits “directed fishing on ... shark species in the Convention Area…” and calls for the live release of incidentally-caught sharks ... where possible. The measure is, however, silent on the practice of shark finning should incidental ... catches of sharks occur. The delegations of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, European Union and USA ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/24 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European Union and the USA
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Stock assessment of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) at South Georgia
Abstract: Recently a longline fishery has developed for the Patagonian Toothfish, Dissostichus ... eleginoides, in the vicinity of Shag Rocks, South Georgia. Assessment of this stock is not possible by ... conventional methods because the bulk of the adult population may be dispersed over a wide area in deep water ... whereas the Shag Rocks’ shelf may be a nursery ground for juveniles. An assessment of the stock has been ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-91/20 : Author(s): I. Everson (United Kingdom)
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Estimation of the incidental capture of seabird species in commercial fisheries in New Zealand waters, 2002/03
operations (95% dead). The trawl-caught seabirds were from at least eight target fisheries, four of which had ... ) trawl fisheries accounted for 87% of observed trawl-caught seabirds. Incident rates (expressed as the ... highest in chartered albacore tuna (T. alalunga) sets in northern waters (17%), compared with 10% for the ... observed chartered southern bluefin tuna (T. maccoyii) longlines off the southwest coast of the South ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/57 : Author(s): S.J. Baird (New Zealand)
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SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS IN THE CAMLR CONVENTION AREA FOR 2009/10 SEASON
cruises were conducted within the CAMLR Convention Area during 2009/10, with scientific observers ... (international and national) aboard all vessels. At the time of writing this paper, one cruise in subarea 58.5.2 ... undertaken in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 by 12 vessels. 3. Throughout this paper the data reported are those that ... have been collected by scientific observers and unless specified does not include data collected by the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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CHINSTRAP PENGUINS: MISUNDERSTOOD AND VULNERABLE MONITORS OF ECOSYSTEM CHANGES IN THE SCOTIA SEA REGION OF ANTARCTICA
Abstract: Sea ice plays a critical role in structuring ecosystem dynamics throughout the Scotia ... area directly. A paradigm guiding recent research in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region of ... the SS, the “sea-ice hypothesis”, suggests that declines in the seasonal extent and duration of sea ... , 30 years of field studies in the WAP, coupled with more regional surveys throughout the Scotia Sea ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/17 : Author(s): W.Z. Trivelpice, J.T. Hinke, A.K. Miller, C. Reiss, S.G. Trivelpiece and G.M. Watters (USA)
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TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MARINE SPATIAL PROTECTION FOR THE SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS
Abstract: The region surrounding the South Orkney Islands has been identified by CCAMLR as one of ... following the pilot study, with the aim of generating products that can be used to inform decision-making on ... marine spatial protection for the South Orkney Islands region. It concludes that the method outlined in ... the 2008 pilot study is appropriate for more detailed planning. It goes on to highlight geographic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/22 : Author(s): S. Grant, P.N. Trathan, J. Tratalos and J. Silk (United Kingdom)
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Proposal to strengthen the monitoring and control of transhipments
strengthen the monitoring and control of transhipments in the Convention Area. The amendments would apply the ... requirements of CM 10-02 to the carrier vessels of Contracting Parties, establish a CCAMLR Record of Carrier ... Vessels under CM 10-09 for carrier vessels flagged to non-Contracting Parties, and allow for the ... monitoring of these vessels as they operate in the Convention Area. Author(s): Delegation of the USA Title ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/18 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA
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Analysis of krill fishery behaviour in the southwest Atlantic: potential signals for moving fishing activities amongst SSMUs
Abstract: This paper outlines the difference in fishing patterns between regions (Subareas) and ... seasons by analyzing CPUE (catch per hour) patterns towards the end of their sets of operations before ... leaving a SSMU, as well as its timing of the day, diurnal pattern of CPUE and fishing depth. Vessels tend ... than a day to explore the fishing grounds from multiple options for the start of the fishing season ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/27 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi, A. Constable and S. Nicol (Australia)
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Demography and population trends of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
Abstract: The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) breeds only at the ... Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean, and is threatened by ... mortality from longline fisheries operating in the South Atlantic. Demographic data have been collected from ... two study colonies on Gough Island and Tristan da Cunha for 20 years. Annual variation in the number ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/37 : Author(s): R. Cuthbert (United Kingdom), P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper (South Africa) and G. Hilton (United Kingdom)