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Commercial fishing vessel as research vessels in the Antarctic – requirements and solutions exemplified with a new vessel
Abstract: The climate-induced changes presently seen in the ecosystems of Antarctic region ... require a precautionary approach with respect to the human use of these ecosystems. In particular ... impacts on the harvested stocks as well as the associated ecosystem. Due to the vastness and remoteness of ... the Antarctic region research vessel capacity is not readily available for conventional coverage of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/15 : Author(s): O.R. Godø (Norway), C. Reiss (USA), V. Siegel (Germany) and J.L. Watkins (United Kingdom)
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Progress report on the research fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 being jointly undertaken by Japan and South Africa: 2012/13 and 2013/14
reported and achievements for the first two months of the 2013/14 season are briefly mentioned. Over the ... first 14 months of the Research fishery a total of 318 Dissostichus eleganoides and 1660 D. mawsoni have ... been tagged and released, and 31 tagged toothfish have been recaptured. Even though almost 50% of the ... toothfish could be recaptured by the end of the current season to enable a tag-based assessment of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/10 : Author(s): R. Leslie (South Africa), K. Taki, T. Ichii (Japan) and S. Somhlaba (South Africa)
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Progress report on the Weddell Sea Research Program Stage II
Abstract: Results of longline survey on Antarctic toothfish in the Weddell Sea (Stage II) are ... presented in the paper. Options I and II of the survey were carried out from February 10 to February 22 ... , 2014. A total of 34 longlines were set: the Option I – 10+20 and the Option II – 4 at the depths ... ranging from 605 to 2031 m. A total number of hooks- 116 100, fishing area – 13565 km 2. Catch value of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/03 Rev. 2 : Author(s): A.F. Petrov, I.I. Gordeev, S.V. Pianova and E. F. Uryupova (Russia)
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CCAMLR TAGGING PROGRAM
tagging details of a greater proportion of tags than reported last year which has resulted in an improved ... proportion of the tags that can now be linked to tagging events in exploratory fisheries (Table 1). The ... CCAMLR database of some information on tag deployments and recaptures from tagging schemes that are ... inventories of these tags to the Secretariat (WG-FSA 08 paragraph 3.56). This request, including a tag ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/04 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Towards a new method for age determination in Antarctic krill, and evidence that krill shrink under natural conditions
maintained in conditions of low food availability. Recent studies have also demonstrated that E. superba ... -length and the crystalline cone number of the compound eye was examined. Samples collected in the late ... be a more reliable indicator of age than body-length alone. The ratio of crystalline cone number to ... body-length offers a method for detecting the effect of shrinking in natural populations of krill. On ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/17 : Author(s): W. de la Mare (Australia)
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Joint CEP/SC-CAMLR workshop (2016) on climate change and monitoring
hold a second Joint CEP/SC-CAMLR Workshop in 2016. The agreed general scope of the workshop is to ... identify the effects of climate change that are considered most likely to impact the conservation of the ... Antarctic, and to identify existing and potential sources of research and monitoring data relevant to the ... CEP and SC-CAMLR. At its meeting in 2015, the CEP discussed the workshop Terms of Reference, Steering ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/18 : Author(s): S. Grant (UK) and P. Penhale (USA)
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New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage
March 2015. The main purpose of the New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage (TAN1502) was to ... undertake ecological studies of Ross Sea marine foodwebs of importance to top predators. The work was ... centred on the feeding areas of cetaceans, primarily blue whales and humpback whales, and in the Ross Sea ... using passive acoustics and visual observations. Observations of prey species were collected with ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/56 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)
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Draft Research and Monitoring Plan for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area (MPA Planning Domain 1, Subarea 48.2)
Islands Southern Shelf MPA, with the aim of further harmonizing CM 91-03 and CM 91-04. The draft RMP is ... /09). It aims to address the requirements of CM 91-04, and takes account of general principles from ... discussions on the development of RMPs. The plan outlines research and monitoring topics relevant to specific ... MPA objectives. A project list and a list of baseline data relevant to the designation and review of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/31 : Author(s): S.M. Grant and P.N. Trathan
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Monitoring fishing in vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the CAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: CCAMLR has established a comprehensive set of conservation measures to prevent ... significant adverse effects of fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). The United States undertook a ... and in relevant VMEs as a step toward reviewing the effectiveness of relevant conservation measures in ... longline fishing gear was set inside a VME Risk Area. These findings raise questions about the level of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/19 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA
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Research plan for the exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 in 2014/15
the latest CCAMLR C2 and observer data toward the development of research plan for the 2014/15 ... exploratory fishery of toothfish in Subarea 48.6. The stock sizes for five research blocks (486_1, 486_2 ... estimator was applicable. Predicted numbers of tag recaptures from the estimated stock sizes using the both ... blocks generally following the procedure recommended at the last WG-FSA meeting. The results of ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/01 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan