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ESTIMATES OF NUMBERS OF KELP GULLS AND KERGUELEN AND ANTARCTIC TERNS BREEDING AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS, 1996/97–2008/09
in December 2001 and December 2008. Four species are regular breeders at the islands: subantarctic ... tern S. virgata. The latter three species currently each have populations of below 150 breeding pairs ... at the islands. Kelp gull numbers appear to be relatively stable though they may have decreased since ... the 1980s. Kerguelen tern numbers decreased and then recovered at Marion Island but numbers of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P5 : Author(s): P.A. Whittington, R.J.M. Crawford, B.M. Dyer and P.G. Ryan
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Towards a closer cooperation between CCAMLR and the IWC
Abstract: At the 1997 Meetings of the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR and its CCAMLR Working Group ... and the IWC were identified: Coordination of CCAMLR and IWC research activities; Analysis of ... ; Considerations for re-establishing minke whales as a monitoring species in the CCAMLR Ecosystem Program (CEMP ... the IWC could best be achieved by forming a small liaison group with IWC-SC which could work (mostly ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVII/BG/03 : Author(s): CCAMLR Observer (K.-H. Kock, Germany)
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Patterns and processes in the distribution and dynamics of Antarctic krill
Abstract: A general framework is presented to develop, test and integrate component models of the ... abundance. Incremental models should then be compared to statistical descriptions of the observed ... distribution patterns at various scales of observation to ascertain the plausibility of the model and identify ... critical processes to be added. An analysis of spatial distribution of krill in the Bransfield Strait area ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/20 : Author(s): United States of America
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Learning about Antarctic krill from the fishery
understanding their biology to be able to make reliable predictions about the reaction of their populations to ... biology. The krill fishery is the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean, continuously operating since ... krill biology, we examine how current data collection through the fishery operation could contribute to ... research in relation to recent changes in the Southern Ocean environment. Author(s): S. Kawaguchi and S ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P5 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi and S. Nicol (Australia)
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Learning about Antarctic krill from the fishery
understanding their biology to be able to make reliable predictions about the reaction of their populations to ... biology. The krill fishery is the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean, continuously operating since ... krill biology, we examine how current data collection through the fishery operation could contribute to ... research in relation to recent changes in the Southern Ocean environment. Author(s): S. Kawaguchi and S ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/24 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi and S. Nicol (Australia)
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Collaborating to eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing in the Southern Ocean
Abstract: The high-profile chase and sinking of the Thunder was just one of many important ... ) fishing this year. ASOC and COLTO commend the cooperation between states, organizations and NGOs that led ... prevent IUU fishing and ensure compliance with CCAMLR conservation measures. These include: the ... potentially involved in IUU fishing; and improvements in the effectiveness of the IUU vessel lists. Author(s ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/23 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC and COLTO
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Are we there yet? Evaluating and reporting progress towards a Representative System of Marine Protected Area across the CAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: In 2008, CCAMLR agreed that the establishment of a representative system of marine ... protected areas (RSMPA) by 2012 was a priority. This assessment shows that the Scientific Committee and ... criteria that are based on robust ecological and experimental design principles, and the Commission’s ... objectives. This study indicates that the currently designated marine protected areas provide important ...
Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/14 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford
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Are we there yet? Evaluating and reporting progress towards a Representative System of Marine Protected Area across the CAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: In 2009, CCAMLR agreed that the establishment of a representative system of marine ... protected areas (RSMPA) by 2012 was a priority. This assessment shows that the Scientific Committee and ... criteria that are based on robust ecological and experimental design principles, and the Commission’s ... objectives. This study indicates that the currently designated marine protected areas provide important ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/31 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford
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Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web
trophic levels in the Antarctic marine food web. The pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni can also be ... important during spring and summer through the formation of extensive and dense blooms. Although salps are ... chlorophyll-a that indicate that there is a degree of competition between krill and salps. Our analysis of the ... decreased frequency of winters with extensive sea-ice development over the last five decades. Our data ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/73 : Author(s): Hewitt, R., Trivelpiece, S., Fraser, W., Holm-Hansen, O., Siegel, V., Trivelpiece, W., Loeb, V.
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Genetic identification of fish caught as by-catch in the Antarctic krill fishery and comparison with observer records
Abstract: Juvenile/larval fish taken as bycatch in the Antarctic krill fishery (CCAMLR subarea ... identifications made on vessels by scientific observers. A total of 344 fish (primarily in the families ... provided by observers were good for the common species Champsocephalus gunnari and Lepidonotothen larseni ... DNA barcoding. Many of the specimens (n=136) were recorded to family-level by observers; genetic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/30 : Author(s): A. Polanowski, J. Clark, D. Maschette, D. Welsford and B. Deagle