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1. Improving CCAMLR’s monitoring and control of transhipments

   monitoring and control of transshipments in 2014 [1], 2015 [2], and 2016 [3]. Despite robust consideration ... CCAMLR members with a strong resource to help address current gaps in the monitoring of transshipments ... .  The United States looks forward to reviewing the report’s findings and, with due consideration of the ... XXXVII. Improving the monitoring and control of transshipments is critical to the prevention of support ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/BG/17 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

2. Ecoregionalisation of the Kerguelen and Crozet islands oceanic zone. Part I: Introduction and Kerguelen oceanic zone

   Antarctiques Françaises. The workshop listed general conservation objectives to evaluate boundaries of ... habitats, life history traits,…). This report is a summary of the conclusions based on expert knowledge. It ... is divided into three parts:-          A summary of the ecological characteristics of the Kerguelen ... oceanic zone;-          The ecoregionalisation of the pelagic realm, the benthic realm and the top ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/43 : Author(s): P. Koubbi, C. Guinet, N. Alloncle, N. Ameziane, C.S. Azam, A. Baudena, C.A. Bost, R. Causse, C. Chazeau, G. Coste,C. Cotté, F. D'Ovidio, K. Delord, G. Duhamel, A. Forget, N. Gasco, M. Hautecœur, P. Lehodey, C. Lo Monaco, C. Marteau, A. Martin, C. Mignard, P. Pruvost, T. Saucède, R. Sinegre, T. Thellier, A.G. Verdier and H. Weimerskirch

3. Interaction of sperm whales with bottom longline and the Mammal and Bird Excluding Device (MBED) operation in the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery in the southwestern Atlantic

   in the southern zone (latitude 50º 00’ S) at an average depth of-1282 m. 57.2% of the total number of ... hauls were observed. Onboard observers recorded: a) quantity and quality of fish parts remaining in the ... recovered longline; b) presence and number of sperm whales and c) comparative fishing yields with and ... 77.4 % of total observed sets and the effective predation was determined in 22.6 % with MBED. Effective ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/23 : Author(s): O. Pin and E. Rojas (Uruguay)

4. Headquarters Agreement between the Commission and the Government of Australia

   Agreement between the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the ... Government of Australia Headquarters Agreement 23 Headquarters Agreement between the Commission for ... the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Government of Australia1 The ... Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Government of Australia ...

   Document : Site Section: Publications

5. Revised research plan for the 2013/14 exploratory longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.4.3a

   in the last WG-SAM meeting. We tentatively recalculated a sample size of Dissostichus spp in each ... block in such a way that the numbers of tag recoveries in the 2016 season shows an approximately 0.3 of ... coefficient variance of biomass estimate from the bootstrapped procedure, under the condition that the ... block, in order to promote successful stock assessment. The separation rule was one of the major ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/40 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

6. A possible framework in which to consider plausible models of the Antarctic marine ecosystem for evaluating krill management procedures

   Abstract:  CCAMLR requires an assessment method for recommending a subdivision of the krill catch ... limit in Area 48 that will be highly likely to achieve the objectives of the convention despite the ... uncertainties in knowledge. This will be part of the management procedure governing the krill fishery. The ... agreed workplan for developing a management procedure includes the evaluation of candidate management ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/24 : Author(s): A. Constable (Australia)

7. Spatio-temporal trends of longline fishing effort in the Southern Ocean and implications for seabird by-catch

   the more recent development and expansion of demersal longline fleets for species such as Patagonian ... toothfish, these vessels are a major source of mortality to several species of seabird. Vessels can set many ... thousands of baited hooks in a day across many kilometres of water. These waters are often used as foraging ... hooks and subsequently drown. To provide a greater understanding of the potential impact of the Southern ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/43 : Author(s): G.N. Tuck, T. Polacheck and C.M. Bulman (Australia)

8. Relationships between the distribution of whales and Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia

   Abstract:  The distribution of whales and krill in two survey boxes north of South Georgia was ... examined by comparing sightings and underway acoustic data collected as part of a multidisciplinary ... research cruise during January/February 1998. A total of 222 cetaceans of 10 species was recorded with ... frequent. The largest aggregation of cetaceans (21 southern right whales, 18 fin whales (Balaenoptera ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/30 : Author(s): K. Reid, A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom) and G.A. Nevitt (USA)

9. Water mass distribution and circulation west of the Antarctic peninsula and including Bransfield Strait

   Abstract:  Historical hydrographic data from Bransfield Strait and the region west of the ... Antarctic Peninsula were analyzed to provide a description of water mass distributions and circulation ... patterns. Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), which is characterized by temperatures above 1.0°C, salinities of ... this water mass floods the continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula. CDW is also found in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/67 : Author(s): Smith, D.A., Lascara, C.M., Klinck, J.M., Hofmann, E.E.

10. Spatial scales of benthic invertebrate habitats from fishery by catch and video transect data in the Ross Sea region

    presence of sponge and/or gorgonian bycatch are identifiable, as are several areas of dense fishing effort ... with no evidence of sponge or gorgonian presence. Identifiable sponge and/or gorgonian habitats ... occurred at a typical scale of 10-30 km 2, though some sponge habitats appeared larger. Spatial analysis of ... these data allows the detectability of sponges and gorgonian corals to be estimated, along with changes ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/28 : Author(s): S.J. Parker, R.G. Cole and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

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