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1. Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)

   CCAMLR implements a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to monitor the location and activities of ... fishing vessels that operate inside the Convention Area. VMS data uses Fishing vessels provide VMS data to ... in relation to entry and exit from the Convention Area and movement between subareas and divisions ... within the Convention Area. VMS data is also utilised for surveillance activities undertaken by Members ...

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2. Database of CCAMLR working documents

   documents contain major contributions to the work of CCAMLR and provide an important record of the history ... of scientific, political and administrative developments. While readily accessible within the ... has been discussed by Working Groups, and various requests have been made for the Secretariat to ... examine the feasibility of creating a database of CCAMLR working documents that could be indexed by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/8 : Author(s): Secretariat

3. SCAR-MARINE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION NETWORK 2010 AND BEYOND

   Abstract:  Because of the unique context of the Southern Ocean, and the potential impact of Global ... , immediately accessible, and carefully checked. To answer this need, the SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information ... and open access to this information. The two main achievements of SCAR-MarBIN are the development of a ... , which aggregates the information on the web portal (90 datasets; 1,000,000 records). SCAR-MarBIN is ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/35 : Author(s): Delegation of Belgium

4. CCAMLR TAGGING PROGRAM

   Abstract:  In 2008 WG-FSA recommended that the Secretariat undertake to identify the tagging event ... details for all tags recovered (WG-FSA 2008 paragraph 3.55). The Secretariat has been able to verify the ... proportion of the tags that can now be linked to tagging events in exploratory fisheries (Table 1). The ... recapture linkage rate for rajids has been lower than for toothfish in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. The linking ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/04 : Author(s): Secretariat

5. Towards a new method for age determination in Antarctic krill, and evidence that krill shrink under natural conditions

   individuals may be shrinking in the field during winter. If krill shrink during the winter, conclusions ... reached by length-frequency analysis may be unreliable. In this study, the correlation between the body ... -length and the crystalline cone number of the compound eye was examined. Samples collected in the late ... laboratory population, it appears that when krill shrink, the crystalline cone number remains relatively ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/17 : Author(s): W. de la Mare (Australia)

6. Proposal to strengthen monitoring and control of transhipments

   gaps in the monitoring of transhipments. Currently, most of the transhipments in the Convention Area ... occur between vessels licensed to fish in the Convention Area and vessels of Non-Contracting parties ... (NCPs). The proposed amendments establish a CCAMLR Record of Carrier Vessels, which may include NCP ... vessels, and prohibit a Contracting Party vessel from transhipping inside the Convention Area with a ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXV/24 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and the USA

7. Towards an ecological risk assessment of krill fishing in East Antarctica (CCAMLR Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2)

   Abstract:  With the recommencement of commercial krill (Euphausia superba) fishing in CCAMLR ... Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2, off the coast of East Antarctica, Australia is adapting the risk assessment ... framework used in Area 48 to assess the risks involved in any redevelopment of a krill fishery and evaluate ... whether the current management procedure has a high likelihood of achieving CCAMLR’s objectives in this ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/20 : Author(s): N. Kelly, M. Cox, L. Emmerson, S. Kawaguchi, B. Raymond, C. Southwell and D. Welsford

8. Observer notes (Subarea 88.1)

   bottom long-line sets in Subarea 88.1 from 15.12.03 till 10.03.04 are presented. For the first time ... Antarctic toothfish was found in long-line catches above seamounts of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge to the ... cannot lead to their intbreeding as its gonads were at the early development stages in that period ... . Antarctic toothfish spawning takes place above the mountains of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, located ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/89 : Author(s): V.G. Prutko (Ukraine)

9. Fish and invertebrate by-catch from Australian fisheries for D. eleginoides and C. gunnari in Division 58.5.2

   Islands in CCAMLR Statistical Division 58.5.2. These comprise a trawl and a longline fishery for the ... gunnari. This paper presents available by-catch information for the three fisheries including estimates of ... . Preliminary results from a rajid tagging program are also presented. Total removals of by-catch in the trawl ... caught in the D. eleginoides trawl fishery and 107 tonnes in the C. gunnari trawl fishery. These values ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/73 : Author(s): E.M. van Wijk and R. Williams (Australia)

10. Uncertainty in echosounder calibrations

    Abstract:  Calibration of echo sounders for fish stock assessment are commonly performed using the ... standard sphere method (Johannesson and Mitson, 1983; Simmonds et al., 1984). To determine the accuracy of ... the method, direct measurements of target strength (TS) were made of three standard spheres (Copper ... (Cu)- 23.0 mm and tungsten carbide (WC)- 33.0 mm and 38.1 mm). At the best case range of 5 m, the TS ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/40 : Author(s): Soule, M.A., Demer, D.A.

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