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Network characterisation of the food-web of the Ross Sea, Antarctica
, i.e. the whole Ross Sea shelf and slope area, averaged over a typical year, and in 35 trophic groups ... shelf and slope area, averaged over a typical year, and in 35 trophic groups. Effects at smaller spatial ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/53 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton and J.M. Bradford-Grieve (New Zealand)
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Antarctic's pelagic ecosystem: how environmental change will affect Salpidae population structure
Abstract: Dynamic climate changes have become noticeable in recent decades, especially in the ... - Euphausia superba. Presumably as a result of climatic fluctuations, a decrease in the numbers of this ... crustacean has been recorded, followed by an increase in the population of the gelatinous zooplankter Salpa ... thompsoni. In the inquiry herein presented, population and morphometric analyses on Salpa thompsoni have ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P08 : Author(s): A.W. Słomska, A.A. Panasiuk-Chodnicka, M.I. Żmijewska and M.K. Mańko (Poland)
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EXPECTED TAG RECAPTURE RATES FROM NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES FOR DISSOSTICHUS SPP.
Abstract: Tag recapture rates in new and exploratory Dissostichus spp. fisheries in the southern ... 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 ... , 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)
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Proposed methodology for the assessment of the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. on BANZARE Bank (Division 58.4.3b)
Abstract: In 2006 the CCAMLR scientific committee noted several features of exploratory ... Dissostichus fisheries in the southern Indian Ocean (58.4) which gave cause for concern as to the status of the ... resource in this area, and the lack of a scientific basis for setting catch limits in these areas (SC-CAMLR ... XXV, paragraphs 4.184-4.192). In its management advice for this and other exploratory fisheries, the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-07/8 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford, A.J. Constable and G.B. Nowara (Australia)
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Mercury concentrations of five species of Antarctic fish collected from CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2
were highly variable both within and between the five species studied. Once the factors length and year ... both within and between the five species studied. Once the factors length and year had been accounted ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/24 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, D.M. Tracey, A. Dunn, P.L. Horn and N. Smith (New Zealand)
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A comparison of acoustic targets at South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands during a season of profound krill scarcity
Abstract: Dual frequency (38 and 120 kHz) acoustic surveys of shelf-break regions in the vicinity ... of Willis Islands, South Georgia and Coronation Island, South Orkneys, both in the Atlantic sector of ... the Southern Ocean, were carried out from RRS lames Clark Ross during January 1994. Difference in ... a new generic target strength (TS) relationship was derived. This relationship was used in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/75 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S.
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KRILL FISHERY REPORT: 2009 UPDATE
Abstract: Five Members (6 vessels) are fishing for krill in Area 48 in 2008/09, and have taken ... ). Most of this catch was taken in Subarea 48.2 (51316 t) with the remainder in Subarea 48.1 (31533 t ... ). The forecast total catch of krill for the current season falls in the range 109000-147000 t. This ... compares with 156521 t of krill reported in STATLANT data in 2007/08. Recent developments in the krill ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/06 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Finfish research proposals for Subarea 48.6 and Divisions 58.5.2; 58.4.3a by Koryo Maru 11 for 2012/13
Abstract: South Africa has played an active part in CCAMLR since its establishment in 1982 and ... has contributed to the scientific rationale for ecosystem management in a large area of the Southern ... Marine Living Resources. The Koryo Maru 11 started with exploratory fishing in the CCAMLR Convention ... Area in 1996 and has completed a total of 47 trips to date. Regions fished include Statistical Subarea ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-12/21 : Author(s): R. Ball (South Africa)
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Cephalopod diet of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Abstract: In the austral summer of 1995/96, 25 southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, were ... present in 72% of the individuals sampled (n=18). Seven species of squid and 3 of octopus were identified ... . Overall, the squid species Psychroteuthis glacialis was by far the most important prey in terms of numbers ... (77%), biomass (80.8%) and frequency of occurrence (94.4%). Next in importance in terms of mass in the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/13 : Author(s): G.A. Daneri, A.R. Carlini (Argentina) and P.G.K. Rodhouse (United Kingdom)
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A balanced trophic model of the ecosystem of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, for investigating effects of the Antarctic toothfish fishery
in the region year-round. The trophic model was balanced by adjusting the initial set of parameters obtained ... year-round. The trophic model was balanced by adjusting the initial set of parameters obtained from ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/18 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, S.M. Hanchet and J. Bradford-Grieve (New Zealand)