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1. A proposal to amend Conservation Measure 10-02 to improve safety standards for vessels licensed to fish in the CCAMLR Area

   Abstract:  As shipping operations in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters increase over time there ... is a corresponding increase in the risk of a maritime emergency. A range of maritime emergencies has ... maritime emergency in Antarctica is limited by natural challenges, the remoteness of the region and the ... the dangers and risks of operating in Antarctic waters and be appropriately prepared. Australia ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVI/28 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

2. Risk categorisation for Macrourus whitsoni and Amblyraja georgiana in the Ross Sea

   georgiana, which are the major bycatch species in the exploratory fishery for toothfish in the Ross Sea ... from longlines whilst still in the water and release them. Macrourus whitsoni were categorized as ... overfishing, catch rates in the toothfish fishery have not declined, juveniles are not selected by the fishery ... , and comparison of longline and trawl catch rates with other Antarctic areas suggest that population in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/21 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)

3. Update on the ‘Demersal interactions with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears’ project

   Abstract:  We provide an update on progress in the FRDC and industry-funded project “Demersal ... interactions with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the ... vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears”. This project commenced in 2006 and is due to ... conclude with the publication of a final report in late 2011. Outputs of this project, including novel ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/23 : Author(s): G.P. Ewing, D.C. Welsford and A.J. Constable (Australia)

4. Development of a vessel safety checklist and debriefing protocol for use in SISO

   Abstract:  In accordance with the recommendations of the 2013 Panel Review of the CCAMLR Scheme of ... of SISO recommends the performance of a vessel safety check (see proposed Annex II in CCAMLR-XXXVI/25 ... approved by the Commission (proposed A(e bis) in CCAMLR-XXXVI/25).  This paper provides examples of vessel ... safety checklists and debriefing forms and protocols for the Commission’s reference in developing ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

5. Meta-analysis of catch reporting in CCAMLR exploratory fisheries

   Abstract:  The Secretariat has prepared a meta-analysis of the target and by-catch reported in ... variation between gear type and area. However, it appears that the differences in reporting between Members ... that were identified in 2015 remain apparent in the data. Measures to improve the quality of bycatch ... data reported in CCAMLR fisheries may include the development of a detailed manual on by-catch sampling ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/14 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

6. A review of rattail (Macrourus spp.) and skate by-catch and analysis of standardised CPUE, for the exploratory fishery in the Ross Sea (CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2) from 1997/98 to 2004/05

   rattails (Macrourus spp.) and skates in the exploratory fishery for toothfish in the Ross Sea (CCAMLR ... from all vessels in the fishery from 1997/98 to 2004/05. The major factors influencing rattail bycatch ... , 88.1I, 88.1K and 88.2E) in depths from 600 to 1000 m, and there was an order of magnitude difference in ... shown a general increasing trend since 1998/99, with a peak in 2002/03. It was not possible to reliably ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/24 : Author(s): S.L. Ballara and R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)

7. Post-fledging and winter migration of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the Mawson region of east Antarctica

   chick left Magnetic Island near Davis station (68°33'S, 77°54'E) in February 1995 and was ... fast-ice or in the pack-ice. Fledglings had travelled between 536 and 1931 km to the west of their ... -set to transmit intermittently for the first five months and one day in four thereafter. Adult birds ... movements over the winter months were closely related to those of sea-ice in the region. Ice motion patterns ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/47 : Author(s): J. Clarke and K. Kerry (Australia), C. Fowler (USA), R. Lawless, S. Eberhard and R. Murphy (Australia)

8. Further development of a spatially explicit population dynamics operating model for Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea region

   younger fish were found predominantly in southern areas of the Ross Sea shelf, mature fish on the slope ... and spawning fish in the northern areas of the Ross Sea region. Fits to the observations were ... generally good. Further investigations are recommended in order to further validate and refine this model ... data in areas not fished to date. In addition, further external validation diagnostics need to be ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/35 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn, S. Parker and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)

9. Advances are urgently needed in providing regular estimates of krill stock status based on the available data

   Abstract:  CCAMLR currently manages the krill fishery in subareas 48.1 to 48.4 using an arbitrary ... measure (the trigger level) which was established in 1991 and is “not related to the status of the krill ... -species feedback loop that is widely used in fishery management elsewhere, including in other CCAMLR ... fisheries. This feedback loop regularly modifies management measures, such as catch limits, in response to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/28 : Author(s): S. Hill, J. Hinke, N. Ratcliffe, P. Trathan and G. Watters

10. Uncertainty in reported geographical distribution and weight of krill catches from Norwegian krill fishing vessels operating continuous fishing systems

    ensure catch reporting in accordance with the present conservation measure (CM 21-03) and to investigate ... potential errors in historical catch report data. As a response, the Norwegian delegation presented a list ... estimate variability in the conversion from krill holding tank volumes to krill biomass indicated that a ... reported catch time and actual catch time since the krill catch is kept in holding tanks before being ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/22 : Author(s): G. Skaret, T. Knutsen, F. Grebstad and O.A. Bergstad

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