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1. A preliminary assessment of age and growth of eel cod (Muraenolepis sp.) and violet cod (Antimora rostrata) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   Abstract:  Samples of an eel cod (Muraenolepis sp.) and violet cod (Antimora rostrata) were ... obtained from the bycatch of the longline fishery for toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni and D. eleginoides ... ) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Counts of zones visible in sectioned otoliths were used to estimate ... length or sex distributions of the populations (i.e., small fish and males were absent). The Muraenolepis ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/19 : Author(s): P.L. Horn and C.P. Sutton (New Zealand)

2. Revisiting CCAMLR’s Approach to Management – A compendium of papers that explores the implementation of the CAMLR Convention

   and papers on topics of importance relevant to CCAMLR’s broader work such as those included in this ... maintenance of a readily accessible record of CCAMLR’s history, progress and discussions across the fuller ... range of its work and ensure that earlier discussions are always available. ASOC hopes that this ... objectives and continue its leading role in the conservation of marine living resources through the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/26 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

3. Prohibition of finning of sharks caught in the CAMLR Convention Area

   Abstract:  The delegations of Argentina, Australia, Chile, the European Union, Norway, Uruguay ... 2016 annual meeting, to prohibit shark finning and require that all fins of any shark that is ... incidentally caught and that cannot be released alive remain naturally attached through the point of first ... fisheries adopted by consensus every year since 2007. Author(s):  Delegations of Argentina, Australia ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/26 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European Union, Norway, South Africa, Uruguay and the USA

4. CHINSTRAP PENGUINS: MISUNDERSTOOD AND VULNERABLE MONITORS OF ECOSYSTEM CHANGES IN THE SCOTIA SEA REGION OF ANTARCTICA

   area directly. A paradigm guiding recent research in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region of ... the SS, the “sea-ice hypothesis”, suggests that declines in the seasonal extent and duration of sea ... , 30 years of field studies in the WAP, coupled with more regional surveys throughout the Scotia Sea ... increases and decreases in penguin abundance as a result of changes in abundance of Antarctic krill ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/17 : Author(s): W.Z. Trivelpice, J.T. Hinke, A.K. Miller, C. Reiss, S.G. Trivelpiece and G.M. Watters (USA)

5. AERIAL SURVEYS OF WEDDELL SEALS DURING 2007-08, WITH NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF AERIAL CENSUSES IN THE ROSS SEA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUED COUNT EFFORT

   Abstract:  Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) have proved to be an important predator of ... , in November 2007, and summarize historical results of aerial surveys made along the coast of Victoria ... successfully be used to document changes in distribution and abundance of Weddell seals. Ground counts of ... Erebus Bay colonies made annually, 1974-2007, demonstrate the sensitivity of count data to environmental ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/23 : Author(s): D. Siniff and D. Ainley (USA)

6. Information on illegal fishing in Statistical Area 58 Assessment of illegal fishing in French waters around Kerguelen and Crozet Islands Report of observations and inspections in the CCAMLR Area 2011/2012 season (1 July 2011 – 15 July 2012)

   Abstract:  This document summarises French observations of illegal fishing for the past year ... Crozet EEZs are now protected, as shown in the report of the POKER 2 fisheries research survey (2010 ... five weeks are observed on the edges of the continental shelves outside the French EEZs. This season ... the more scattered seamounts (Ob and Lena), and sometimes at the boundaries of the Crozet, Kerguelen ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/35 : Author(s): Délégation française

7. A comparative morphometric analysis of sagittal otoliths of three icefishes (Channichthyidae) in Antarctic waters

   Abstract:  In the present study a comparative morphometric analysis of sagittal otoliths was ... binarized images of left and right otoliths for fish ranging from 20 to 67 cm TL. To test for significant ... from the 20 harmonics analyzed were homoscedastic and normal, and showed very low level of correlation ... showed a high discriminatory power to distinguish the left and right otoliths, with a total percentage of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/47 : Author(s): G. Plaza, C. Rodríguez-Valentino and P.M. Arana

8. THE RISKS OF NOT DECIDING TO ALLOCATE THE PRECAUTIONARY KRILL CATCH LIMIT AMONG SSMUS AND ALLOWING UNCONTROLLED EXPANSION OF THE KRILL FISHERY UP TO THE TRIGGER LEVEL

   risks associated with three options for a Stage-1 allocation of the precautionary krill catch limit ... among SSMUs in Subareas 48.1-48.3, it was suggested that a comprehensive assessment of the risks that ... might be incurred by not deciding on such an allocation (i.e., a risk assessment of status quo ... results provided from multiple parameterizations of the same model, and present such a risk assessment ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/12 : Author(s): G.M. Watters (USA), S. Hill (United Kingdom), J.T. Hinke (USA) and P. Trathan (United Kingdom)

9. Proposals for study of spatial-temporal dynamics of krill distribution for management applications

   providing sufficient information with the aim of quantitative understanding regularities and trends of krill ... are shown. Practical implementation of these proposals will contribute to attaining CCAMLR goals in ... krill stocks management.     Author(s):  Delegation of Russia Title:  Proposals for study of spatial ... -temporal dynamics of krill distribution for management applications Approval:  Approved ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/BG/09 : Author(s): Delegation of Russia

10. Developing conceptual models of elements of the Antarctic marine ecosystem: marine mammals

    Abstract:  The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is ... currently considering plausible models of the Southern Ocean ecosystem within the Working Group on Ecosystem ... Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM). This paper describes properties for two groups of marine mammals that may ... be included in future ecosystem models of the Southern Ocean: cetaceans and pack-ice breeding seals ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/65 : Author(s): N. Gales and C. Southwell (Australia)

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