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1. Revised growth and length-weight parameters for Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea region (881 & 882AB)

   Abstract:  We update the estimates of the growth and length-weight parameters for Antarctic ... estimates of the von Bertalanffy growth curves, estimates of mean length at age using maximum likelihood ... fishing operations in the Ross Sea region. Estimates of growth and length-weight were similar to those ... previously used, however there was some suggestion that the shape of the growth curve may be better ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/11 : Author(s): A. Dunn and S. Parker

2. Chilean NPOA-Seabirds: first steps

   Abstract:  The progresses in the developing of the Chilean NPOA-S are described. At the moment, an ... Executive and a Technical Group have been constituted. First steps taken had been the selection of ... mitigation measures to be applied; the design of experiments to test specific combinations of mitigation ... measures, and the discussion of the Objectives and Goals of the NPOA-S. The final draft of the NPOA-S will ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/14 : Author(s): C.A. Moreno and J. Arata (Chile)

3. Setting management goals using information from predators

   general characteristics of objectives for higher trophic levels within the context of ecosystem-based ... management, noting that the emphasis for managing the effects of human activities on higher trophic levels is ... of ecosystem structure and function. Following this, the precautionary approach developed in the ... Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) for taking account of higher ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P7 : Author(s): A. Constable (Australia)

4. UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR ANTARCTIC APPLICATIONS

   Abstract:  In order to describe an aquatic ecosystem scientists require a variety of information ... . Some of this information can be obtained using underwater acoustics. As examples acoustics is often ... . Examples of underwater acoustic instrumentation used by scientists to obtain such information are ... matrix sonars, and various types of trawl gear instrumentation. Data are often obtained from fixed ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-09/09 : Author(s): L. Andersen (Norway)

5. The relationship between krill (Euphausia superba) fishing areas in the west Atlantic and the species’ circumpolar distribution

   which the bulk of the commercial krill catch has been taken. Correspondingly, the areas of the following ... four regions are also calculated- (a) the CCAMLR Convention Area, (b) south of 55°S, (c) containing ... krill concentrations and (d) south of the mean summer position of the 0°C isotherm using specialised ... global biomass for krill within each of the above four regions. Similarly, the maximum estimated krill ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/19 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa

6. Update on the ABNJ Deep Seas Project

   Conservation of Deep-sea Living Marine Resources and Ecosystems in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’ is a ... five year project designed to enhance sustainability in the use of deep-sea living resources and ... biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ through the systematic application of an ecosystem approach. The project ... project started in September 2014 and is one of four projects under the Common Oceans Program ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/25 : Author(s): FAO and CCAMLR Secretariats

7. Fish by-catch in the krill fishery: 2017 update

   ) and CCAMLR SISO data (20 766 hauls) up to 1 Sept 2017 was used to examine the frequency of occurrence ... , length-frequency distribution and geographic provenance of the key fish taxa reported. There is continued ... evidence of  an increase in the data quality from the observer scheme,  as well as an increase in the ... reporting of fish by-catch in the commercial krill fishery catch data. There was a high degree of overlap in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/04 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

8. Mackerel icefish size and age at South Georgia and Shag Rocks

   -frequency distribution of C. gunnari from 10 bottom trawl surveys at South Georgia and 9 at Shag Rocks ... (Spring). Mean total lengths (TL) of age-classes were determined for each year by examining length ... modality in the length-frequency distributions. Lengths of age-classes derived by these two methods were ... differences in mortality between localities. To compensate for variation in the time of surveys, the mean TL ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/7 : Author(s): A.W. North (United Kingdom)

9. Species profile for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   Abstract:  A toothfish species profile, covering aspects of the biology, fisheries and stock ... assessment of both toothfish species was completed by Everson (2002). Aspects of the biology of D. mawsoni ... documents to WG-FSA. The aim of the current work was to collate and summarise existing biological data on D ... most of the work has been carried out, but data from the other areas and fisheries have been included ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/26 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

10. Current temperature conditions off South Georgia during recent years (satellite data on Subarea 48.3)

    Abstract:  Satellite monitoring of sea surface temperatures (SST) off South Georgia (Subarea 48.3 ... ) which includes both analysis of real-time data from vessels and buoy stations provides constant ... information on the temperature conditions of the area. Weekly SST maps constructed from GOES-E and Meteosat-7 ... daily satellite data are used to develop maps of mean monthly SST and SST anomalies. For quantitative ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/17 : Author(s): G.P. Vanyushin (Russia)

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