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1. Pleuragramma antarcticum distribution in the Ross Sea during late austral summer 2013

   Abstract:  Research during the last decade has revealed much about the early life history of ... Pleuragramm antarcticum, including confirmation of the first known nursery ground in Terra Nova Bay. However ... the central Ross Sea and one location in the far south of the eastern Ross Sea (in the Bay of Whales ... ). Larval P. antarcticum made up more than 99% of the icthyoplankton in the western Ross Sea. Most of these ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/38 : Author(s): C. Brooks and K. Goetz (USA)

2. Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: developing links between ICED and CCAMLR

   programme of the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Programme and is closely ... analyses to improve our understanding of change and the implications for Southern Ocean ecosystems and for ... management of human impacts. A diverse range of multidisciplinary research is underway through core ... been made in understanding the structure and functioning of ecosystems, modelling species and food webs ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/22 : Author(s): E. Murphy, R. Cavanagh, N. Johnston, E. Hofmann and A. Constable

3. Domain 1 Marine Protected Area Preliminary Proposal PART A-2: MPA Model

   Abstract:  This document contributes to the planning process for the designation of a Domain 1 MPA ... led by Argentina and Chile. Specifically, this paper describes the rationale behind the development of ... the Domain 1 MPA model, which was based on the identification of Priority Areas for Conservation (PAC ... , WG-EMM-17/23, SC-CCAMLR XXXVI/XX) and considerations of krill fishery management and climate change ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/18 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

4. Diet overlap among top predators at the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

   2000 at South Orkney Islands. Overall, the diet of most of the predators was mainly composed of krill ... , fish or penguins. The re-occurrence of prey among predators was intermediate and ranged from 25.3 to ... 36.7 and fish, krill and squid re-occurred most  frequently. The re-occurrence of fish among predator ... had high overlap of fish prey. Predators that could forage on demersal or water column prey had yearly ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/04 : Author(s): M.L. Bertolin and R. Casaux

5. Solutions to seabird by-catch in Alaska’s demersal longline fisheries

   and 2000) in 2 major Alaska demersal longline fisheries: the Gulf of Alaska /Aleutian Island ... for improvement and innovation. A key feature of this program was an industry-agency-academic ... conditions. We report the results of experimentally rigorous tests of seabird bycatch deterrents on the local ... abundance, attack rate, and hooking rate of seabirds in both fisheries. Based on our results, we recommend a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/35 : Author(s): E.F. Melvin, J.K. Parrish, K.S. Dietrich and O.S. Hamel (USA)

6. DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN CCAMLR: REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM INTEGRITY TESTING TO ENSURE THAT DATA ARE FIT FOR PURPOSE

   Abstract:  The level of data quality assessment and ‘certification’ as ‘fit for purpose’ depends ... confirmation of their validity. In the context of CCAMLR, data may undergo one set of quality testing in order ... , to determine data integrity for a specific analysis. Identifying these levels of data validation is ... important for prioritizing the work of the Secretariat in data quality assessment, and also in ensuring that ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

7. Marine ecosystem acoustics (MEA): quantifying processes in the sea at the spatio-temporal scales on which they occur

   monitoring. Realistic understanding of what can and cannot be achieved with the available sampling techniques ... -space scales at which they occur, which is essential for some of the management challenges of CCAMLR ... , for example the FBM.   Sustainable management of fisheries resources requires quantitative knowledge ... and understanding of species distribution, abundance, and productivity-determining processes ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P01 : Author(s): O.R. Godø, N.O. Handegard, H.I. Browman, G.J. Macaulay, S. Kaartvedt, J. Giske, E. Ona, G. Huse and E. Johnsen

8. Interaction between oceanography, krill and baleen whales in the Ross Sea and adjacent waters, Antarctica in 2004/05

   Abstract:  A joint survey of the R/V Kaiyo Maru and the Japanese Whale Research Program under ... conditions, and the distribution of krill as prey and baleen whales as predators in the Ross Sea and its ... adjacent waters, Antarctica, in austral summer of 2004/05. Results indicated close interactions between the ... thermal conditions, krill and baleen whale distributions. The oceanography of the surface layer was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/07 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, S. Nishiwaki, H. Yasuma, R. Matsukura, Y. Takao, K. Taki, T. Hayashi, Y. Watanabe, T. Yabuki, Y. Yoda, Y. Noiri, M. Kuga, K. Yoshikawa, N. Kokubun, H. Murase, K. Matsuoka and K. Ito (Japan)

9. Marine debris, entanglements and hydrocarbon soiling at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 2010/11

   Island, Antarctic Peninsula, but there were no incidences of beached marine debris, entanglements or ... hydrocarbon soiling at this location during the reporting period. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird ... Island recorded a total of 179 and 111 items during winter 2010 (April to September) and summer 2010/2011 ... (October 2010 to March 2011) respectively. Surveys at Signy Island recorded a total of 46 items during ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

10. A study on calibration for commercial echosounder using the bottom backscattering strength from a fishing vessel near the South Shetland Islands in Antarctic

    fishing vessel to use it in estimating biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). The method of ... calibration was to analyze the difference between the bottom backscattering strength of the commercial ... , was examined to verify the calibration result. The analysis result confirmed the possibility of ... calibration by bottom backscattering strength, since the proportion of krill swarm signals within 2 dB < S ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/61 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea

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