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Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1997/98
from three study beaches, Cummings Cove, Foca Cove and Starfish Cove after the prolonged presence of ... was counted, measured and classified by type, material, weight and size categories. A total of 29 ... and four items with a total weight of 1.7 kg were found at Starfish Cove. The total number of marine ... follows a continuing downward trend since 1993/94. The total weight of debris was 400/0 higher compared ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVII/BG/20 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL FOR MARINE SPATIAL PROTECTION AROUND THE SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS
Abstract: This paper proposes the establishment of a protected area to the south of the South ... Orkney Islands (within Subarea 48.2), to contribute towards the conservation of marine biodiversity and ... the development of representative marine spatial protection for this region. The proposed area has ... been selected on the basis of analysis previously recommended by WG-EMM for consideration by the ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/14 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2012/13
. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of 145 and 134 items during winter (April ... (operational during summer only; 25 November 2012 to 20 March 2013) recorded a total of 13 items of beached ... marine debris. Entanglements of 13 Antarctic fur seals were observed at Bird Island, 15 at King Edward ... Point and zero at Signy Island and Goudier Island. In total, 85 items of marine debris were found in ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXII/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Growth and shrinkage in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba is sex-dependent
Abstract: The ability of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana to withstand the overwintering ... during this time in response to the low availability of food. Nevertheless, verification that krill can ... shrink in the natural environment is lacking because winter data are difficult to obtain. One of the few ... sources of winter krill population data is from commercial vessels. We examined length-frequency data of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/P04 : Author(s): G. Tarling, S. Hill, H. Peat, S. Fielding, C. Reiss and A. Atkinson
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Joint report on exploratory fishing in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 between the 2011/12 and 2017/18 fishing seasons
estimation (WG-FSA-17/15, WG-FSA-17/66); investigation of sex ratios, gonadal development and validation of ... validation of macro- versus micro-staging of maturity (WG-FSA-17/09); investigation of approaches for ... mitigation of Macrourus by-catch in research block 58.4.1_6, and estimation of Macrourus biomass and ... sustainable bycatch in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 (WG-FSA-17/16); and description of encounter rates of VME ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-18/35 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia, France, Japan, Republic of Korea and Spain
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OPTIONS FOR USING UNREPLICATED ECOSYSTEM MONITORING DATA TO DETECT IMPACTS
response of air breathing predators to localised environmental conditions. CEMP data do not directly ... an important challenge. Potential strategies are likely to consist of a method for inferring impacts ... and a schedule of tactical interventions in response to these impacts (e.g. restrictions on fishing ... activity). We discuss a range of inference methods which are tractable using CEMP data. These methods ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/26 : Author(s): S. Hill, J. Forcada, P. Trathan and C. Waluda (United Kingdom)
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Beach debris survey – Main Bay, Bird Island, South Georgia, 2003/04
Abstract: During the fourteenth year of standardised beach surveys of man-made debris at Bird ... Island, South Georgia, a total of 361 items were collected between April 2003 and March 2004. This ... represents an increase of 97% on the 183 items recorded in 2002/03 and the highest levels of summer beach ... debris (232 items) since the 1999/00 season. The total weight of debris collected has also increased by ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/15 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Modelling catch and effort data using generalised linear models with random cruise effects: trawl fishery for mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in CAMLR Area 58.5.2
Abstract: A set of procedures for modelling catch and effort data using generalized linear mixed ... models (GLMMs) including data analytic methods for examining the appropriateness of model structure and ... parameter values was presented in WG-FSA-SAM 03-12 using Dissostichus eleginoides in Subarea 48.3 of the ... CAMLR area as an example dataset. The application of these procedures to trawl catches of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/35 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)
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CCAMLR Survey Database: development during 2002
had to be postponed because of a higher priority need for developing a web-based data system for the ... Catch Documentation Scheme. Work on the survey database in 2002 included: • revision of the database ... model; • documentation of the database specifications; • development of data uploading routines ... ; • revision of data extraction routine for CMIX and trawlCI; and • processing of historical data. The survey ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/10 : Author(s): Secretariat
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CCAMLR conservation measures: a review
Abstract: Conservation measures are an integral part of CCAMLR’s management of Antarctic marine ... living resources. The first measure was introduced in 1984, and the number of measures in force each year ... has grown rapidly since that time; 61 measures were in force in 2000/01. The majority of conservation ... measures focus on the management of fisheries and related activities, and most of these measures are in ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/04 : Author(s): Secretariat