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1. A proposal for compiling information, assessments and science that underpin established CCAMLR Marine Protected Areas and provide the basis for ongoing management, science and review: an MPA Report

   Abstract:  The General Framework for the Establishment of CCAMLR Marine Protected Areas in ... measure for a CCAMLR Marine Protected Area and indicates a number of elements where advice may be given by ... management of the MPAs. This document will also need a name that is easily referred to in the common language ... of the Commission.  We propose that an MPA Report be developed, following the designation of an MPA ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/49 : Author(s): A. Constable, M. Guest, D. Welsford (Australia), P. Koubbi (France) and L. Weragoda (Australia)

2. Semi-automated software to count and validate Adélie penguin colonies from aerial photographs

   of nesting Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), on aerial photographs of the Ross Sea sector of ... user interface program. Previously, this task had been accomplished by manual marking of printed images ... , which is slow, and highly-dependent on the skill of the operator. The basis of the semi-automated ... counts. Validation of the counts against an experienced human counter is assisted by facilities to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/54 : Author(s): S.J. McNeill, K.J. Barton and P.O’B. Lyver (New Zealand)

3. Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2014–2015

   to March 2015. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of 289 and 275 items ... November 2014 to 16 March 2015) recorded no incidences of beached marine debris. One item of beached marine ... debris was recorded at Goudier Island. The first record of an entangled juvenile elephant seal was made ... at Bird Island. Entanglements of five Antarctic fur seals were observed at Bird Island, six at King ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/27 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. Simulating nursery areas for Antarctic krill along the western Antarctic Peninsula with relevance for the Domain 1 MPA Planning process

   Antarctic marine food web. Observational and modelling studies have shown that development of the embryo and ... early larval stages of Antarctic krill (the descent-ascent cycle) is largely controlled by temperature ... that conditions a successful completion of the cycle. The objective of the present study is to estimate ... , enhanced transport of Circumpolar Deep Water and higher ocean temperatures) may alter their distribution ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

5. Managing the Ross Sea toothfish fisheries – A response to the consultation responses (COMM CIRC 18/39)

   Abstract:  In 2017 the fishery in the Northern Area of the Ross Sea Area 88.1 was opened for one ... Secretariat has taken note of the responses to the consultation released in COMM CIRC 18/21 (CCAMLR ... monitoring, and the calculation of closure dates, for the 2018/19 season in the Ross Sea: The Secretariat ... will follow a defined and published set of decision rules to calculate closure dates of exploratory ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/07 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

6. What’s the catch? Profiling the risks and costs associated with marine protected areas and displaced fishing in the Scotia Sea

   of fishing effort from closed areas, which may result in new and unexpected consequences for both ... actively being discussed for achieving a range of protection and sustainable use objectives. Here, we ... evaluated two MPA scenarios and associated displacements of the Antarctic krill fishery in the Scotia Sea by ... quantifying their potential to affect risks of depleting krill-dependent predators and costs to the fishery ...

   Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/P03 : Author(s): E.S. Klein and G.M. Watters

7. CDS Implementation and Data Analysis

   the CDS. CDS reports of catches outside the Convention Area have increased in 2018. The Secretariat ... contacted 16 NCPs to seek their engagement in the CDS in 2019. Analyses of the trends and supply chains in ... the CDS data was undertaken for 2018 and 2019. Across both years Chile had the greatest number of DCDs ... landings and exports and greatest quantity of exports (4 644 tonnes and 2 539 tonnes). For both years ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-38/BG/10 Rev. 2 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

8. Fishing gear, oil and marine debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1993/94

   Abstract:  We record the first observations of oiled albatrosses at South Georiga, provide data on ... ingestion of plastics by albatrosses and giant petrels and report a six-fold increase over the previous year ... of the incidence of fishing line and hooks associated with, regurgitated by and impaled in seabirds ... . Although the ingestion of oil, plastics and fishing gear are probably causing only minor problems for South ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIII/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom

9. Educational poster on hook ingestion

   Abstract:  Since the 2001/2002 season CCAMLR has recognised the importance of the high level of ... them. The hooks found in albatross colonies at South Georgia in years prior to 2001/02 were of the type ... Bird Island, South Georgia, have noted an increase in the occurrence of hook injuries to wandering ... albatrosses. The injuries appear to have two sources – injuries from the ingestion of discarded fish heads and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/20 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia)

10. CCAMLR 2000 revisited

    Abstract:  The total abundance of krill in the Scotia Sea was estimated from an international ... Antarctic Treaty's Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to ... incorporating recent improvements in the remote identification and target strength (TS) of krill, a range of ... expected distribution of krill orientations. The new methods were then reviewed by CCAMLR, and revised ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/30 Rev. 1 : Author(s): D.A. Demer, A.M. Cossio and C.S. Reiss (USA)

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