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1. Strengthening the joint work of the CEP and SC-CAMLR on climate change

   areas affected by rapid climate events such as the collapse of an ice shelf; considering possible ... measures and decisions where climate change information would be required by the ATCM and CCAMLR; and ... impacts of climate change on the Antarctic environment. Author(s):  Submitted by ASOC Title ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

2. Stock status and population assessment of the Antarctic starry skate (Amblyraja georgiana) in Subarea 48.3

   Deficient” by IUCN (Endicott & Kyne 2009) and is one of the main by-catch species in the longline ... Antarctic starry skates, and provide a preliminary stock assessment, showing that the current level of by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/27 : Author(s): M. Söffker, N.D. Walker, M. Belchier and J. Ellis

3. Responding to the emerging threat of microplastics in the Southern Ocean

   ecosystem, particularly when ingested by krill or fish species. In this paper, ASOC and COLTO summarize ... microplastics research. Research and monitoring plans for marine protected areas (MPAs) adopted by CCAMLR should ... include microplastic pollution as an area requiring further research. Author(s):  Submitted by ASOC and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/18 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC and COLTO

4. Fulfilling CCAMLR’s commitment to create a representative system of Marine Protected Areas

   adopting a Southern Ocean representative system of MPAs by 2020. ASOC recommends that this year CCAMLR ... boundaries of the Weddell Sea Gyre, as previously supported by SC-CAMLR and WG-EMM. Takes further steps ... . Continues to develop and implement research and monitoring Plans for current MPAs. Author(s):  Submitted by ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/BG/36 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

5. Zonal structure of zooplankton communities in the Southern Ocean south of Australia: results from a 2150 km continuous plankton recorder transect

   by double branches of the Sub-Antarctic Front (SAF), Polar Front (PF) and Southern Antarctic ... region south of 61°S was provided by nine CTD stations. Multivariate and Indicator Species analysis of ... strongly correlated with frontal/oceanographic zones. These assemblages appeared to be structured by a ... of the SB. The seasonal ice zone north of the SB was dominated by small copepods (Oithona similis and ...

   Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/P6 : Author(s): Hunt, B.P.V. and G. Hosie

6. An integrated assessment model for Antarctic krill: progress update

   weighted, by whether natural mortality was estimated by the model or pre-assigned a value of 0.8, and by ... for most combinations of samples grouped by year, area, and leg was somewhat lower when it was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/27 : Author(s): D. Kinzey, G. Watters and C. Reiss (USA)

7. Do krill fisheries compete with macaroni penguins? Spatial overlap in prey consumption and krill catches during winter

   , the macaroni penguin, and the krill fishery by examining the spatial overlap in prey consumption and ... caught by the fishery. Results  Adult macaroni penguins from South Georgia consumed 126,472 tonnes of ... krill during the winter which is similar to the 98,431 tonnes caught by fisheries over the same period ... . The proportion of the estimated krill stock taken by macaroni penguins and the krill fishery was small ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/02 : Author(s): N. Ratcliffe, S.L. Hill, I.J. Staniland, R. Brown, S. Adlard, C. Horswill and P.N. Trathan (United Kingdom)

8. Marine ecosystem acoustics (MEA): quantifying processes in the sea at the spatio-temporal scales on which they occur

   Abstract:  Antarctic ecosystems are dynamic and characterized by physically forced variability ... caused e.g. by fronts, eddies and ice. This creates a challenging dynamics for scientific sampling and ... . Conventional sampling by physical capture is inconsistent with the spatial and temporal scales on which many of ... operational technologies, platforms, and models and can generate information by taxon at the relevant scales ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P01 : Author(s): O.R. Godø, N.O. Handegard, H.I. Browman, G.J. Macaulay, S. Kaartvedt, J. Giske, E. Ona, G. Huse and E. Johnsen

9. Modelling the impact of krill fishing on seal and penguin colonies

   Abstract:  A key area of concern highlighted by the Scientific Committee of the Commission for the ... region. The dynamics of krill in this region are strongly influenced by advective processes. A key ... ) are necessary given that there is a flux of krill through this region with its islands habited by ... spatial modelling framework that could be used to couple flux estimates with estimates of removals by both ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/14 : Author(s): É.E. Plagányi and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

10. Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1999/2000

    from three study beaches. The debris was counted, measured and classified by type,material, mass and ... since 1998/99 by 17% but was still the second highest since 1995/96. Plastic waste was predominant, as ... into force by CCAMLR in 1995/96 has been effective and should continue. Classifying the waste by source ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/06 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

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