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Fatty acid analysis to infer diet of Antarctic toothfish caught in February 2012 in the southern Ross Sea
south of SSRUs 881.J and 881.L in the southern Ross Sea, their lipid composition was determined and ... compared tolipid profiles of fish and invertebrate species taken as bycatch in the fishery or collected ... from stomachs of toothfish. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were also determined to further ... identify feeding relationships between these species. The aim of this study was to establish the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/61 : Author(s): I. Yeon, H.-S. Jo, C. Lim (Republic of Korea), S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand), D.-W. Lee and C.-K. Kang (Republic of Korea)
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A risk management framework for avoiding significant adverse impacts of bottom fishing gear on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
adverse impacts of bottom fishing gear on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are avoided. Due to the high ... levels of uncertainty surrounding both the evidence of VME presence and the consequences of interaction ... with different types of gear, a risk management framework is proposed, similar to that which has been ... used successfully by IMAF to minimise the effects of longline fishing mortality on seabirds. The aim of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/37 : Author(s): K. Martin-Smith (Australia)
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Analysis of spatial and temporal structure in long-term krill fishery in the Area 48 and its relation to climate variability
Abstract: The authors analyzed the influence of climate changes on space-time dynamic of ... Antarctic krill fishery in the Area 48 using the CCAMLR fishery data and time series of ААО induces ... (Antarctic Oscillation Index) as the indication of climate variability. Here we used the methods of the ... integrated ecosystem assessment used by ICES and the modern de-nosing data methods. The influence of climate ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/50 : Author(s): P. Gasyukov and S. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Diet and feeding ecology of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix at South Georgia
Abstract: The diet of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix was studied ... Bird Island, South Georgia. The diet of both species was dominated by crustaceans. in particular ... euphausiids (mainly Euphausia superba and some ThysCll1oessa), which contributed 47-76% of the biomass of ... crustaceans in the diet of P. georgicus. and copepods, which contributed 71 % of the biomass of crustaceans in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/10 : Author(s): Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Hill, H.J., Edwards, T.M., Reid, K.
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Entanglement in man-made debris of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia
Abstract: The incidence of entanglement in man-made debris by Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus ... gazella) at Bird Island, South Georgia, was monitored throughout the austral winter and summer of 1990/91 ... as part of an ongoing study by the British Antarctic Survey. A minimum of 8 seals were sighted ... entangled, 7 (88%) of which had their neck collars removed, during the winter months (April – October ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-X/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of UK
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The case for including the Ross Sea continental shelf and slope in a Southern Ocean network of marine protected areas
Abstract: Both the Convention for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and the ... Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty provide for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs ... ) for purposes of scientific study and to conserve unique features and components of the Antarctic ... marine ecosystem. This paper summarizes the case for including the Ross Sea within CCAMLR’s network of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/26 : Author(s): ASOC Observer
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Pre-spawning and spawning biology of the Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, around South Georgia (Subarea 48.3)
Abstract: Samples gathered from research expeditions of the longliners Medvezhy (April-June 1986 ... ) as well as Maksheevo and Mirgorod (June-July 1992) have produced new data on the biology of the ... reproductive part of the Dissostichus eleginoides population in Subarea 48.3. Analysis and synthesis of these ... data have established the bathymetric distribution patterns for different size-groups of toothfish ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-92/13 : Author(s): I.N. Konforkin and A.N. Kozlov (VNIRO, Moscow, Russia)
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Bycatch of fishes captured by the krill fishing vessel Chiyo Maru No. 2 in Statistical Area 58 (January to March 1995)
Abstract: A final report of scientific observations conducted aboard the Japanese krill fishing ... vessel Chiyo Maru No. 2 was presented to the first meeting of WG-EMM. The WG-EMM welcomed the report but ... . This manuscript presents a brief reanalysis of the bycatch data collected onboard the Chiyo Maru No. 2 ... ; means and variances are calculated according to the methods of Aitchison (1955) and Pennington (1983 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-95/40 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Watters, G.
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An attempt to derive a composite index of abundance from acoustic surveys and fishery data
Abstract: Maps of krill (Euphausia superba) density derived from acoustic survey data and the ... distribution of fishing effort in the Chilean krill fishery indicate an area of high krill density wrapping ... around the northwestern end of Elephant Island during the austral summer of 1992. In this area, the ... distribution of catch-per-fishing-time and krill density (measured acoustically) show similar forms. Search ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/14 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt (USA), V. Marín (Chile) and D. Demer (USA)
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Cephalopod diet of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Abstract: In the austral summer of 1995/96, 25 southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, were ... present in 72% of the individuals sampled (n=18). Seven species of squid and 3 of octopus were identified ... . Overall, the squid species Psychroteuthis glacialis was by far the most important prey in terms of numbers ... (77%), biomass (80.8%) and frequency of occurrence (94.4%). Next in importance in terms of mass in the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/13 : Author(s): G.A. Daneri, A.R. Carlini (Argentina) and P.G.K. Rodhouse (United Kingdom)