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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia during the 1999 winter and the 1999/2000 pup rearing season
Abstract: Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... and a 94% decrease on the highest previous total (1992). Four of these animals wereentangled in ... on the 1998 winter. The number of seals observed entangled in the summer was the second lowest ... recorded to date,being 42% lower than in the 1998/99 season. The proportion of adult animals affected was ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/02 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Interannual changes in body fat condition, stomach content mass and distribution of minke whales in Antarctic Areas IV and V
Abstract: As an indicator of body fat condition, interannual variability in girth of minke whales ... of minke whales in Antarctic Areas IV (70°-130° E) and V (130° E-170°W) from 1989/90 to 1994/95. Of ... the six years included in the study, two were categorized as years of poor body fat condition, and ... three as years of good condition. Estimated body weight gain during the feeding season in poor years was ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/18 : Author(s): Ichii, T., Nishiwaki, S., Tamura, T., Fujise, Y., Matsuoka , K.
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Trophic interactions and population trends of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the southern Ross Sea
Abstract: Foraging events and related trends in numbers of Type-B and-C killer whales (Orcinus ... orca) are reported for the vicinity of Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, between 2002 and 2010 ... . Updating an earlier report, the frequency of sightings and the number of individuals per sighting of Ross ... coincident with a decrease in the number and size of an important prey: Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/P03 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley and G. Ballard
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Evaluation of some processing techniques applied to acoustic recordings from two krill fishing vessels
demonstrated through a CCAMLR proof of concept, but processing is in most cases essential before any use of the ... . Here we show examples of processing with a prerequisite that abundance and distribution of krill are ... our main interest, and that data of interest include both those collected during fishing operations ... and during surveying. We have worked with datasets covering most of the fishing season 2015/2016, one ...
Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-17/03 : Author(s): X. Wang, G. Skaret and O.R. Godø
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Otolith elemental signatures reveal habitat shift of Electrona carlsbergi
Abstract: Electron subantarctic (Electrona carlsbergi) is one of important pelagic myctophidae ... which circumpolar distributed between the warm waters of the subtropical confluence zone and the ... Southern Ocean. The distribution, life history and migration pattern of this species were examined using ... the biological data in 1990s, however, the habitat shift of this species was still unclear. The ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/65 : Author(s): L. Wei and G.P. Zhu
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Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas
adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in national and international waters. While establishing MPAs in ... international waters has proven to be challenging in most of the world, national governments and the Commission ... for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) have succeeded in adopting multiple MPAs in ... the Southern Ocean. But are these MPAs representative of Southern Ocean biodiversity and ecosystems ...
Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/12 Rev. 1 : Author(s): C. Brooks, S. Chown, L. Douglass and B. Raymond
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Update of the integrated stock assessment for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) for the Heard and McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2)
Abstract: The integrated assessment of Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, for the ... inclusion of random stratified trawl survey (RSTS) abundance-at-age for 2010 and 2011 and conversion of 2008 ... and 2009 RSTS abundance-at-length to abundance-at-age. This was possible due to the large number of ... years. A series of standardised longline CPUE data from one of the longline grounds (or subfishery ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/24 : Author(s): S.G. Candy and D.C. Welsford (Australia)
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Investigating emigration in stock assessment models of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C–H
Abstract: In 2013, the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR could not achieve consensus on a stock ... the recaptures of tagged fish seen in the SSRU 88.2H fishery. The patterns showed a sharp decay rate ... of a cohort of tagged fish with few being recaptured after more than 3 years at liberty, a steepening ... of the decay rate over time, and a trend for increasing proportions of tagged fish caught over time ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/56 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Diet of the cape petrel Daption capense during the post hatching period at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
Abstract: The diet of the Cape petrel Daption capense was investigated at Laurie Island, South ... contents of adults and regurgitate of chicks were sampled during the post-hatching period. The analysis ... in terms of frequency of occurrence. Fish prey formed near 64% by mass, with krill forming 35.8 ... . Amphipods were present in lower numbers and Cephalopods were only a very small portion of the diet of Cape ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/44 : Author(s): Montalti, D., Coria, N.R., Soave, G.E.
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RAPID WARMING OF THE OCEAN AROUND SOUTH GEORGIA,SOUTHERN OCEAN, DURING THE 20TH CENTURY: FORCINGS, CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LOWER TROPHIC LEVELS
Abstract: The Southern Ocean is known to have warmed considerably during the second half of the ... 20th century but there are few locations with data before the 1950s. In addition, assessments of change ... in this region are hampered by the strong seasonal bias in sampling, with the vast majority of data ... collected during the austral summer. However, oceanographic measurements near South Georgia span most of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P03 : Author(s): M.J. Whitehouse, M.P. Meredith, P. Rothery, A. Atkinson, P. Ward and R.E. Korb