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Domain 1 Marine Protected Area Preliminary Proposal PART C: Biodiversity Analysis by MPA zones
Abstract: This document contributes to the planning process for the designation of a Domain 1 MPA ... led by Argentina and Chile. In particular, this paper provides a biodiversity analysis by zone for the ... Domain 1 MPA preliminary proposal introduced during the last EMM meeting (WG-EMM-17/23; WG-EMM 17/24; WG ... , especially when their distribution is complex. The Domain 1 MPA model was generated based on Priority Areas ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/21 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile
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SOME FIELD MATERIALS ON AREA AND SEASON OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH SPAWNING
Abstract: On the results of some field materials collected from 2002 till 2008, on the basis of ... to select locations and periods of Antarctic toothfish mass spawning in some areas of the Pacific ... Ocean and Indian Ocean sectors of the Antarctic. In the Ross Sea area the most probable areas are the ... Pacific Antarctic Ridge and the Amundsen Ridge in the Amundsen Sea area. In the Cooperation Sea area the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/14 : Author(s): V. Prutko (Ukraine)
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DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY ON ANTARCTIC KING CRAB PARALOMIS FORMOSA CAUGHT AS BYCATCH IN FISHERY FOR TOOTHFISH (DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES) ON PATAGONIAN CONTINENTAL SLOPE
Abstract: Scientific observation was conducted in the commercial trip on the long-liner " ... ;Simeiz", operating under the Ukrainian flag, in the south-western Atlantic Ocean outside the ... exclusive (marine) economic zones of the foreign states (FAO statistical area 41) in the period from ... -line set. Crabs occurred on depths of 984-1810 m. The length карапакса самцов crabs made 2,1-8,9 sm ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/30 : Author(s): Yu.V. Korzun (Ukraine)
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Marine debris surveys at Bird Island, South Georgia 1990 to 1995
Abstract: The Antarctic marine environment has relatively few direct sources of man-made marine ... debris; however, there is concern over the dangers posed to wildlife by increasing amounts of such debris ... programme developed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to ... monitor compliance with waste disposal under MARPOL and the effectiveness of additional regulations to ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XV/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation (SISO)
The CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation was adopted in 1992 under Article XXIV ... of the Convention. It is one of the most important sources of scientific information that is ... essential for assessing the impact of fishing on the ecosystem, including the status of target populations ... , as well as those of related and dependent species. The scheme also plays a crucial role in developing ...
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Marine debris: a persistent and emerging threat to antarctic ecosystems
Abstract: CCAMLR has had success in tackling marine debris from local sources in the Southern ... Ocean; however it remains a persistent threat. Current understanding of the distribution and impacts of ... evidence suggests that microplastic concentrations in the Southern Ocean are higher than previously thought ... , and that they are from local and international sources. Knowledge of the impacts of debris ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC
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Fishing for toothfish using pots: results of trials undertaken around South Georgia, March–May 2000
Abstract: During the period March to May 2000, the UK undertook trials of a pot fishing method to ... catch D. eleginoides around South Georgia (Sub-area 48.3). This method has the potential to minimise, or ... eliminate, incidental bird mortality when compared to the standard longline method. This paper describes the ... trial, the results, and discusses the commercial viability of this fishing method for toothfish ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/23 : Author(s): D. Agnew, T. Daw, M. Purves and G. Pilling (United Kingdom)
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An inter-laboratory comparison of ages estimated for Dissostichus eleginoides using otoliths
, otoliths were taken from 100 fish caught in the South Atlantic, and transverse sections prepared by baking ... , then grinding from the anterior and posterior sides of the otolith. Ages were estimated from the ... otoliths by one reader from the Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology at Old Dominion University and ... one reader from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, without auxiliary ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/56 : Author(s): J. Ashford (United Kingdom) and P. Horn (New Zealand)
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Fishing behaviour of Chinese krill fishing fleet
Abstract: Understanding the fishing behavior of a kind of fishery is a very important part of ... developing and managing this fishery comprehensively. In this paper, based on the random walk model, the ... relationship between distance and frequency distribution of the adjacent krill fishing positions were analyzed ... in the subareas of the Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/45 : Author(s): R. Wang and G.P. Zhu
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Report on bottom fisheries and vulnerable marine ecosystems: draft template and workplan
Abstract: The WG-FSA Subgroup on VMEs was tasked with providing a draft template of a Report on ... the workplan and discussion. It has been compiled by the Subgroup for consideration at WG-EMM in 2010 ... . The structure aims to follow the logic of the fishery reports already provided by WG-FSA: (i) Status ... of the fisheries, (ii) Knowledge on the fish stocks, (iii) Methods, (iv) Assessments of status and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/15 : Author(s): WG-FSA Subgroup on VMEs