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Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure
Abstract: Swarming is a fundamental part of the life of Euphausia superba, yet we still know very ... -concentration and inter-swarm distance of 4525 swarms was derived by this method. Hierarchical clustering ... ) whereas type 2 swarms were an order of magnitude larger and had packing concentrations up to 10 times ... greater. Further sub-divisions of these types identified small and standard swarms within the type 1 group ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P10 : Author(s): G.A.Tarling, T. Klevjer, S. Fielding, J. Watkins, A. Atkinson, E. Murphy, R. Korb, M. Whitehouse and R. Leaper
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A statistical method for analysing the extent of IUU fishing in CCAMLR waters: application to Subarea 48.3
Abstract: 1. This paper describes a new method for estimating IUU catch of fish and birds. It ... account of both “seen” and “unseen” IUU fishing through a simulation model to arrive statistically ... rigorous estimates and confidence intervals of fish and bird catch by IUU vessels. This method has not been ... extension to other regions of the Antarctic. 2. Of the sources of information on IUU fishing, Fishery ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/4 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew and G.P. Kirkwood (United Kingdom)
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Last investigations of Ukraine in Antarctica connected with assumed marine protected area
Abstract: Description of some biological and ecological investigations of Ukraine in Antarctica ... in vicinity of Argentine Islands Archipelago are presented. Main activity: investigations of birds ... variations study of the atmosphere ozonedepleting organic halides, study of the ice caps and glaciers ... dynamics, influence on environment pollution. Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine Title: Last investigations ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/33 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine
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Target strength estimation of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba by cooperative experiments with commercial trawlers
Abstract: An estimate of target strength of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba was obtained by a ... series of cooperative experiments between research vessel and commercial krill trawler. Estimated target ... strength per 1g wet weight of Antarctic krill was-66.ldB a t the frequency of 200kHz. Average size of krill ... was 47.48mm and 0.873g. Author(s): Delegation of Japan Title: Target strength estimation of ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/30 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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Summary fact sheets for bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean – examples from the Indian Ocean sector (Area 58)
Abstract: Factsheets outlining the physical and biological attributes of selected sectors of the ... CCAMLR convention area are presented. An overview of CCAMLR Area 58 (Indian Ocean Sector) illustrates ... bathymetry and major oceanographic features (fronts and sea ice extent) and describes the findings of the ... provide details of bathymetry, physical oceanography, cryosphere, geomorphology and benthic & pelagic ...
Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/9 : Author(s): K. Martin-Smith, P. O’Brien, B. Raymond and A. Constable (Australia)
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Notification of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in Statistical Area 58.4.1
Abstract: Conservation Measure 22-06 was adopted to ensure that significant adverse impacts of ... requirements of CM 22-06 a method is proposed to notify CCAMLR of the presence of VMEs and their location using ... this form from Statistical Area 58.4.1, SSRU H. The use of 5 nm buffer zones around the location of the ... observations is proposed to mitigate the risk of spatial uncertainty in the notified position and the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/38 : Author(s): Submitted by Australia
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Shifts in the demersal fish community of South Georgia
Abstract: The heavily exploited fish stocks of South Georgia have been declining since the early ... 1970's. Use of a non-parametric method revealed a significant change in this community from the ... 1986/87 survey to the 1987/88 survey. This change was the result of reductions in the abundance of ... Champsocephalus gunnari and Notothenia squamifrons, and the increased presence of Pseudochaenichthys georgianus ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/24 : Author(s): United States of America
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A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2006/07
years in Subarea 88.1 and for five years in Subarea 88.2. This report summarises the large amount of ... the second highest on record with a total of 3431 t against a combined catch limit of 3579 t. The ... management of the SSRUs within the two subareas was changed for the 2006 season as part of a 3-year ... experiment (SC-CAMLR-XXIV). One of the aims of the experiment was to simplify the administration of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/28 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson and A. Dunn (New Zealand)
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Longline sink rates of an autoline vessel, and notes on seabird interactions
Abstract: A series of longline sink-rate trials were conducted with and without weights, from an ... , and the design was refined during the voyage. The aerial section of the tori line appeared to provide ... an effective deterrent to most seabirds. Statistical analyses of the data from the line sink rate ... of the attached weights. Data on line sink rate and tori line coverage suggest that quicker line sink ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/44 : Author(s): N.W.McL. Smith (New Zealand)
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Revised research plan for the 2015/16 exploratory longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. with special reference to the information on spawning dynamics in Division 58.4.3a
Abstract: The current season (2014/15) is the final one of the first three-season research which ... numbers of tag recaptures from the estimated stock sizes using the Petersen method were generally ... results in other regions in the Southern Indian Ocean. The stock seems to be self-sustainable because of ... the existence of fish with advanced gonadal indices in the slope area and recruitment of small sized ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/19 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan