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Report from the annual survey of Antarctic krill and apex predators distribution at South Orkney Islands in 2014, and assessing escape mortality of krill in trawls
Abstract: This report describes the work and preliminary results from the fourth annual survey ... conducted around the South Orkney Islands, using a commercial krill fishing vessel as research platform. The ... overall purpose is to describe taxonomy of the macrozooplankton community, demography and density of ... Antarctic krill as well as the occurrence and distribution of krill predators. Author(s): B.A. Krafft ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/16 : Author(s): B.A. Krafft (Norway), L.A. Krag (Denmark), T.A. Klevjer, G. Skaret and R. Pedersen (Norway)
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Background and criteria of establishment of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea
Russian and German scientists in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. Data on potentially valuable for ... commercial fishing species in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea collected by German investigators in 1979 ... -2014 in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. Author(s): A.F. Petrov, V.A. Bizikov, K.V. Shust and ... ) in the Weddell Sea Approval: Approved ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/23 : Author(s): A.F. Petrov, V.A. Bizikov, K.V. Shust and E.F. Uryupova (Russia)
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Report of the Intersessional Correspondence Group – Sustainable Financing 2016
Abstract: A summary of the work undertaken in relation to tasks identified at CCAMLR-XXXIV for ... the attention of the Intersessional Contact Group – Sustainable Financing (ICG-SF) during 2015/16 is ... presented. Key outcomes included (i) a preliminary assessment of the economic value of marine resources ... harvested by CCAMLR-managed fisheries, (ii) further consideration of the administrative component of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXV/09 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Relationships between the distribution of whales and Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia
Abstract: The distribution of whales and krill in two survey boxes north of South Georgia was ... southern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) the two most ... frequent. The largest aggregation of cetaceans (21 southern right whales, 18 fin whales (Balaenoptera ... )) occurred close to the, largest single aggregation of krill. The level of association between baleen whales ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/30 : Author(s): K. Reid, A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom) and G.A. Nevitt (USA)
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Quantitative stock survey and some biological and morphometric characteristics of the deep-sea red crab Geryon quinquedens off south west Africa
Abstract: In order to assess the abundance of the red crab Geryon quinquedens, two otter-trawl ... cruises were undertaken in July and September 1978, on the continental slope off South West Africa. A ... width, whereas the mode for males was at 11.2 cm. In general. larger animals tended to inhabit shallower ... states indicated that males were predominantly in the inter-moult stage while most females were either ...
Meeting Document : WS-CRAB-93/22 : Author(s): C.J. De B. Beyers and C.G. Wilke (South Africa)
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Proposal for GEF (Global Environment Facility) funding to support capacity building and training to the GEF-eligible countries with Antarctic interests
implement scientific research and monitoring in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems, including ... ; Developing a collaborative ecosystem assessment and monitoring programme for the Antarctic LME, measuring ... potential physical and ecological degradation and destabilisation from the effects of climate change ... (particularly ocean acidification) and other factors Identifying and managing the risk from marine alien ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/44 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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Changes in biomass of eight species of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) from three bottom trawl surveys
Abstract: Stocks of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) suffered substantial ... declines during the period the fishery was open from split year 1977/78 through 1989/90. Scientific bottom ... trawl surveys of finfish biomass within the 500 m isobath of the South Orkney Islands have been ... conducted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985, Spain in 1991, and the United States in 1999 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/32 : Author(s): C.D. Jones (USA), K.-H. Kock (Germany) and E. Balguerías (Spain)
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Criteria for aging the otoliths of Dissostichus eleginoides from South Georgia (Subarea 48.3) and an analysis of aging precision
criteria to test. Two sets of criteria ate presented for aging the otoliths of Dissostichus eleginoides ... , one (C1) developed from previous work on the same species; the other (C2) adapted from generalized ... criteria used to age high latitude fish from the north-west Pacific Ocean. Growth structures were found to ... within and between observers, reflecting the complexity of the otolith structure. Aging using criteria C1 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/52 : Author(s): J. Ashford (United Kingdom) and S. Wischniowski (Canada)
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Data on reproduction biology of Dissostichus mawsoni from the Ross Sea (Statistical Subarea 88.1)
Abstract: Macroscopic data of the field research obtained during fishing trips on board Spanish ... individuals from various SSRU in the Ross Sea were calculated. For one specimen with maximum observed weight ... of gonads (15.5 kg, GSI – 23.85 %), the individual absolute fecundity (IAF) and relative fecundity ... of gonads on various grounds in the Ross Sea during the fishery season confirmed previous conclusions ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/04 : Author(s): A.K. Zaytsev (Russia)
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Estimating density and biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around South Shetland using the 2-dB difference method
Abstract: The distribution and abundance of krill aggregation inhabiting the Subarea 48.1, which ... includes the Elephant Island peripheries and the west and south of the South Shetland Island, were ... collected by the commercial middle trawl fishing vessel. The data were processed and analyzed following ... identification) based on data from a transect-based survey. The weighted krill density and biomass were estimated ...
Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-18/08 : Author(s): S. Choi, K. Lee and D. An