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1. Off the hook? Initiatives to reduce seabird by-catch in longline fisheries

   Abstract:  The recent history of global initiatives to reduce seabird by-catch in longline ... fisheries are reviewed, highlighting in turn the activities of environmental and industry non-governmental ... organizations (NGOs), national governments and inter-governmental bodies. At least 40 species of seabirds ... population decreases. An International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/6 : Author(s): J. Cooper (South Africa), J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom) and K.S. Rivera (USA)

2. FISHING EQUIPMENT, MARINE DEBRIS AND HYDROCARBON SOILING ASSOCIATED WITH SEABIRDS AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA, 2007/2008

   Abstract:  This report describes and quantifies occurrences of fishing gear, marine debris and ... 2008. It is the fifteenth such annual report. As in previous years, the majority of items (84%) of ... was observed in the total number of items encountered (n=116) compared with the previous season. Two ... were observed, and in both cases the fishing gear was typical of that used in longline fisheries. There ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/25 : Author(s): D. Fox (UK)

3. EXPECTED TAG RECAPTURE RATES FROM NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES FOR DISSOSTICHUS SPP.

   Indian Ocean sector of the CCAMLR area are examined. In particular, the potential for tagging programs in ... new and exploratory fisheries to yield sufficient data to be of use in determining TAC’s in the early ... stages of fishery development is considered. Scenarios are developed using a range of tag release rates ... , tag detection rates, natural mortality, fish movement out of the fishery, and IUU removals in order to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/63 : Author(s): J.P. McKinlay and D.C. Welsford (Australia)

4. A proposal to enhance and clarify CCAMLR’s Catch Documentation Scheme

   Abstract:  To prevent the entry of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) toothfish ... (Dissostichus spp.) into commerce, CCAMLR’s catch documentation scheme tracks shipments from the point of ... Documentation Scheme (e-CDS) has improved the tracking of toothfish moving in trade and decreased the potential ... for fraud.  It has greatly enhanced the ability of Members, as well as non-Members cooperating with ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/38 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

5. Revised research longline fishing proposal for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.2, second season

     recommendations adopted, coordination was achieved with the Delegation of Ukraine to develop research in the ... Subarea in a collaborative way (WG-SAM-17, paragraph 4.110). In the context of the present proposal ... , with the assistance of the Secretariat, strategies to improve both proposals, and contribute with a ... Delegation of Ukraine. The Secretariat of CCAMLR is aware of this coordination and willing to offer support ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/27 : Author(s): Delegation of Chile

6. Fishing equipment, marine debris and hydrocarbon soiling associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 2004/05

   Abstract:  This report describes and quantifies occurrences of fishing gear, marine debris and oil ... such annual report. As in previous years, more items of fishing gear (mostly longlining gear) were ... being typical of those used in the Patagonian Toothfish industry. Wandering albatrosses also collected ... the most number of marine debris, though again total quantity is significantly down on previous years ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

7. Ross Sea fishery research and data collection plan

   Abstract:  A review of the use and effectiveness of research lines as a data collection and effort ... ) is presented. The increase in the number of vessels in the exploratory fishery in Subareas 88.1 and ... 88.2, combined with the greater number of Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) and the amount of data ... collected through fishing activities has effectively made the requirement to force a spread of research sets ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/49 : Author(s): J. Fenaughty (New Zealand)

8. Crab by-catch in the experimental toothfish pot fishery around South Georgia, 2000

   that about 10% of apparently lively discarded crabs would die. Author(s):  T. Daw, D. Agnew, M. Purves ... % of apparently lively discarded crabs would die. ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/24 : Author(s): T. Daw, D. Agnew, M. Purves, G. Pilling and C. Yau (United Kingdom)

9. Age-length key for Champsocephalus gunnari from Subarea 48.3, Dr Eduardo Holmberg survey, February/March 1994

   on the readings of otoliths randomly collected during the R/V Holmberg survey in Feb/Mar 1994. Small ... and medium sized fish (total length 12-33 cm) constituted the bulk of the samples (93%), while larger ... specimens (>33 cm) were scarce. At South Georgia, fish of age groups 1-4 were truly represented; at Shag ... Rocks, a large concentration of fish belonging to age groups 2 (90%) and 3 (10%) was found. The length ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-94/11 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro, E. Marschoff and R. Casaux (Argentina)

10. Results from the reduced groundfish survey conducted in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3 in January 2012

    . Reasonable catches of Patagonian toothfish were found around Shag Rocks (greater than in 2009 and 2010), with ... three size cohorts of fish identified including evidence of a new cohort of 2+ age fish (29-39cm). Catch ... -weighted length frequencies of mackerel icefish indicated that 2+ and 3+ sized fish dominated at Shag Rocks ... of which may be attributable to icefish, were observed in the water column, and in only 23 hauls 15.2 ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/37 : Author(s): J. Brown, S. Gregory, A. Stanworth, V. Carretero, G. Baker and M. Belchier (United Kingdom)

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