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1. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2006/07

   Abstract:  The results of the eleventh annual survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at ... Signy Island, South Orkney Islands are reported for the 2006/2007 summer season. There was 1 sighting of ... a seal wearing a neck collar of man-made debris. Data are compared with results from a parallel ... study undertaken at Bird Island, South Georgia in 2006/07. Author(s):  Delegation of the United Kingdom ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/20 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

2. Some peculiarities of Chionobathyschus dewitti biology in the Ross Sea

   Abstract:  Brief results of Chionobathyschus dewitti researches which based on data collected from ... by-catch of bottom longlines at Dissostichus mawsoni fisheries are presented. It is noted that the ... depths where Dissostichus mawsoni fishery is carried out are inhabited by adult specimens of ... Chionobathyschus dewitti, aged from 5 to 13. The characteristic feature of Chionobathyschus dewitti reproductive ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/90 : Author(s): L.K. Pshenichnov (Ukraine)

3. Management plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 1

   Abstract:  Management at Cape Royds aims to: • avoid degradation of, or substantial risk to, the ... values of the Area by preventing unnecessary human disturbance to the Area; • allow scientific research ... -sampling; • minimize the possibility of introduction of alien plants, animals and microbes into the Area ... ; • allow visits for management purposes in support of the aims of the management plan. Author(s ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/59 : Author(s): Secretariat

4. Focal areas for marine biodiversity protection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Marine Systematic Conservation Plan Analyses (SeaPLAN): Summary of Results 2011

   requires a multi-scalar understanding of marine ecosystems and human activities. To address this challenge ... KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Data on 400 marine items including habitats, species, processes ... spatially nested system of planning units, ranking in resolution from 0.2 km to 10 km, was designed to ... available. This approach reflects the multi-scalar nature of marine ecosystem patterns and processes. It ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/12 : Author(s): T. Livingstone, J. Harris, M. Lombard and E. Lagabrielle (South Africa)

5. A preliminary proposal to conduct a local survey of the Champsocephalus gunnari by the midwater trawl in the Statistical Subarea 48.2

   Abstract:  Mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) – one of the most common and widespread ... species of Antarctic fish. Ukraine proposes survey of Champsocephalus gunnari at previously scheduled ... stations (trawlings) points in the statistical Subarea 48.2. The main objective of the research is to ... determine the distribution and abundance of mackerel icefish in Subarea 48.2. Author(s):  Delegation of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-2019/24 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine

6. Ecosystem indicators: factors affecting the choice of predator performance indices for use in monitoring programmes

   the ability to relate changes in indices of their performance to changes at lower trophic levels ... . Using indices of predator performance from four species of krill-eating predator together with ... independent ship-based acoustic estimates of krill abundance from South Georgia the relationship between a ... range of indices of predator performance and krill abundance was examined. There was a distinct ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/43 : Author(s): K. Reid (United Kingdom)

7. Diet of two icefish species from the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island, Champsocephalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus 2001–2003

   Abstract:  The summer diet of two species of icefishes (Channichthyidae) from the South Shetland ... importance of other taxa (Themisto gaudichaudii, mysids, myctophids) in the diet was negligible. The average ... feeding rate of C. gunnari inferred from an exponential gastric evacuation model was between 1.0 and 1.5 ... % body weight per day. Most of the stomachs of C. aceratus were empty. Stomachs with food contained ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/61 : Author(s): H. Flores, K.-H. Kock, S. Wilhelms (Germany) and C.D. Jones (USA)

8. Interannual variation in the autumn diet of the gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua at Laurie Island, Antarctica

   Abstract:  The diet of the gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua was investigated during three different ... autumn periods at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands (60°46’S, 44º42’W), Antarctica. Stomach contents of ... , species of the family Nototheniidae predominated in the diet with G. gibberifrons as the most important ... T. newnesi were also well represented in the three sampling periods. A total of 1628 squid lower ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/19 : Author(s): N. Coria, M. Libertelli, R. Casaux and C. Darrieu (Argentina)

9. INITIATIVE TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION’S ANTARCTIC SPECIAL AREA NORTHWARD TO THE ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE

   the adoption of a resolution urging Antarctic Treaty Parties to recommend the extension of the ... of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex I (oil), Annex II (noxious liquid substances), and Annex V ... environment of Antarctica, the ATCM adopted Resolution 1 (2009) citing the importance of cooperation among ... ATCM’s Chairman to seek the views of CCAMLR on the possibility of asking the IMO to amend the Antarctic ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/32 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

10. A brief exploitation of the stone crab Lithodes murrayi (Henderson) off south west Africa, 1979/80

    uneconomic level. The extent of the L. murrayi grounds is examined on the basis of catch-per-unit-effort data ... . The species is largely confined to a bathymetric corridor of 500–700 m off South West Africa. Prior to ... crabs were present in small numbers over a much larger area. Over 90 per cent of the fishing effort was ... applied in this area of high concentration, accounting for almost 95 per cent by mass of the total catch ...

    Meeting Document : WS-CRAB-93/21 : Author(s): R. Melville-Smith (South Africa)

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