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1. Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web

   Abstract:  The Scotia Sea ecosystem is a major component of the circumpolar Southern Ocean system ... Current (ACC) and waters from the Weddell–Scotia Confluence dominate the physics of the Scotia Sea ... phytoplankton blooms, which at times can cover an area of more than 0.5 million km2, probably result from the ... mixing of micronutrients into surface waters through the flow of the ACC over the Scotia Arc. This ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P8 : Author(s): E.J. Murphy, J.L. Watkins, P.N. Trathan, K. Reid, M.P. Meredith, S.E. Thorpe, N.M. Johnston, A. Clarke, G.A. Tarling, M.A. Collins, J. Forcada, R.S. Shreeve, A. Atkinson, R. Korb, M.J. Whitehouse, P. Ward, P.G. Rodhouse, P. Enderlein, A.G. Hirst, A.R. Martin, S.L. Hill, I.J. Staniland, D.W. Pond, D.R. Briggs, N.J. Cunningham and A.H. Fleming (United Kingdom)

2. A review of national observer training and education programs (Scheme of International Scientific Observation)

   Abstract:  At CCAMLR-XXV, the Scientific Committee noted that the implementation of the observer ... program and the application of observer requirements could be improved by adopting a standard approach to ... education and training for observers in these fisheries (SC-CAMLR-XXV, paragraph 2.11). A review of current ... levels of education and training for observers was undertaken by the Secretariat. Information provided by ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/09 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat

3. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of acoustic backscatter in the New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean

   Abstract:  Mid-trophic level organisms (MTLO) of open-ocean marine ecosystems play a key role ... linking primary and tertiary consumers. Despite their importance, characterisation of MTLO is limited due ... from vessels of opportunity transiting across the Southern Ocean between New Zealand and the Ross Sea ... provided the opportunity to study distribution and abundance of MTLO over 7 yr. Analyses were performed to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P06 : Author(s): P.C. Escobar-Flores, R.L. O’Driscoll and J.C. Montgomery

4. Characteristics of oceanic structure in the waters around the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic ocean between December 1990 and February 1991: outstanding coastal upwelling?

   Abstract:  The sixth Antarctic survey cruise of R/V Kaiyo Maru was carried out in waters around ... the Shouth Shetland Islands. where are known as the fishing grounds of krill, during the 1990-91 ... into operation In the same area after an interval of 40 days. The more characteristic change was ... clearly recognized in the waters of the insular shelf from the first leg to the second leg. The Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-92/24 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, T. Katayama, T. Ichii, H. Ishii and K. Nasu (Japan)

5. Preliminary report of outcomes of the 2nd international workshop on the ICED Southern Ocean Sentinel, held in Hobart Australia 7–11 May 2012

   those ecosystems.  As part of ICED and contributing to Theme 6 Biology of the Southern Ocean Observing ... System, this program of work will build on the work of the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program, GLOBEC ... and other international programs.  It is recommended that the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR become ... the experts involved in the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program.  The outcomes of this work will be ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/59 : Author(s): A. Constable (Australia)

6. Demersal fishing interactions with marine benthos in the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears

   Dissostichus spp. with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean. Key outcomes of this project ... Convention area to quantify habitats types where fishing occurs • Identification of types and likely extent ... of interactions between different demersal fishing gears (trawl, longline, trap) with benthic ... shelf • An assessment of the vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears in the Sub ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/30 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

7. Models of larvae dispersion of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   stock structure in the Ross Sea have parallels for populations in other regions of the Antarctic, and ... hypotheses about how stock structure is maintained may apply to each population. We provide an update of the ... circumpolar models of larval dispersion for D. mawsoni developed by Hanchet et al. (2008) using the HiGEM ... circumpolar oceanographic model documented by Rickard et al. (2010). We used a finer resolution of simulated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/48 : Author(s): A. Dunn, G.J. Rickard, S.M. Hanchet and S.J. Parker (New Zealand)

8. Continuation in the 2015/16 season of the research plan initiated in 2012/13 for stocks of Dissostichus spp. in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2

   Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 in order to estimate local biomass of Dissostichus spp. by means of two methods ... problems with a blade of the propeller, During the season 2015/16 is intended to make the same proposed ... been already implemented in Division 58.4.1 and preliminary estimates of local biomass using Leslie ... depletion analyses have been obtained. Some recoveries of tagged toothfish have been made, both within ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/02 : Author(s): Delegation of Spain

9. MANAGEMENT OF VMS INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARIAT CONCERNING CATCHES OF PATAGONIAN TOOTHFISH BEYOND THE CONVENTION AREA

   Abstract:  Working Document CCAMLR-XXIX Meeting Hobart, October 2010 Delegation of Chile Title of ... the document: Management of VMS information by the Secretariat concerning catches of Patagonian ... Contracting States voluntarily report the activities performed in waters beyond the jurisdiction of the ... to be carried out through a modification of Conservation Measure 10-04 (2007) in accordance with the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/46 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

10. An assessment of the conservation status of albatrosses

    Abstract:  The conservation status of albatrosses has been re-evaluated using the recent suggested ... taxonomic revisions of albatrosses and the new IUCN criteria for identification of threatened taxa. The ... evaluations of threat status and categories were prepared by independent albatross specialists before being ... highest proportion of threatened species in any bird family that comprises more than a single species. Of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/59 : Author(s): Croxall, J.P., Gales, R.

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