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The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands: evidence of opportunistic foraging on penguins?
benthic-demersal preys were represented in the samples. Overall, the Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba and ... mass in both seasons, with Gymnoscopelus nicholsi being the main prey. Interestingly, penguins were ... represented in the 39.0% and 31.9% of the samples in 2001 and 2002 and, as reflected by the reconstructed diet ... , was the main prey by mass (74.0% and 76.1%). The occurrence of penguins in the diet of A. gazella at ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/11 : Author(s): R. Casaux, L. Bellizia and A. Baroni (Argentina)
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FISHING INDUSTRY POLLUTION OBSERVATIONS AND ASSOCIATED MARINE MAMMAL ENTANGLEMENT RECORDS AT SOUTH GEORGIA, SUMMER 1996/97
Mirounga leonina and 12 Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella) in anthropogenic debris were reported ... adult, six juvenile); seven (58%) were entangled with plastic packaging bands, three (25%) in trawl ... netting and two (17%) in synthetic rope. All entangling material probably originated from fishing vessels ... -26 December 1996. The photographs (originals in colour) illustrate the diversity of debris, most ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVI/BG/26 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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THE WHITE-CHINNED PETREL (PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS) ON SOUTH GEORGIA: POPULATION SIZE, DISTRIBUTION AND GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE
Abstract: More white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) are accidentally killed in ... fisheries than probably any other seabird in the world, but the population impact of this mortality is ... poorly understood, partly because there have been no estimates of the species’ abundance in recent ... million pairs of white-chinned petrels laid on South Georgia in the survey seasons (2005/06 and 06/07 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-PSW-08/05 : Author(s): A.R. Martin, S. Poncet, C. Barbraud, P. Fretwell and E. Foster (United Kingdom)
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AND DOMESTIC SUBANTARCTIC FISHERIES BY THE AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION AND THE AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
targeting finfish in the CCAMLR area. As the assessments and conservation measures employed by CCAMLR ... increase in sophistication, the tasks required to be completed by observers are increasing in number and ... complexity. Such a set of qualities is rarely available ‘off the shelf’. To ensure that observers in these ... quality assurance has been developed. This system covers all aspects of the observers’ experience in the ...
Meeting Document : TASO-08/05 : Author(s): O’Regan, K., Welsford, D., Robertson, T., Lamb, T.
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Summary of holdings of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) otoliths and size-at-age estimates from Heard and McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2)
Abstract: Scientific observers aboard vessels in the Australian fisheries in 58.5.2 have ... collected Dissostichus eleginoides otoliths since the fishery commenced in the 1996/97 season. This program ... has yielded data which has assisted with understanding age structure and growth rates of toothfish in ... 21000 otoliths have been collected from toothfish in 58.5.2, and more than 2500 otolith pairs have been ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/45 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford and G.B. Nowara (Australia)
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Light levels experienced by foraging Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella
(Arctocephalus gazella) at Bird Island, South Georgia (54° 00' S 38° 02' W) in the 1994/5 austral ... to minimum starlight (10-6 lux) at night and during deep daytime dives. The change in il1uminance ... with depth did not follow a simple exponential decrease as recorded in clear oceanic waters. TDRs ... recorded strong light attenuation in the top 50 m of the water column. The mean attenuation coefficient was ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/28 : Author(s): D.J. McCafferty, I.L. Boyd and T.R. Walker (UnitedKingdom)
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Towards the development of an assessment of stock abundance for Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C–G – a discussion paper
and length frequency data. Although more than 700 tagged fish have been released in this region, only ... 2 fish have been recaptured. It is likely that the lack of tag recaptures in this region has been ... drawing on the success of tagging programmes in other CCAMLR fisheries, we develop an approach for ... main grounds previously fished in SSRUs 88.2C–G. An upper catch limit could be set for each of these ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/28 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet and S.J. Parker (New Zealand)
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Feedback management through effort regulation
Abstract: The interim distribution of the trigger level in the fishery for Antarctic krill (CM 51 ... -01) will be revised in 2016. The trigger level is not related to the status of the krill stock and ... the predators that depend on it. Progressing the development of an operational FBM system in ... proposals tabled to CCAMLR, all of which require refinements. In particular, clarity about the data required ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXV/BG/29 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Norway
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Adélie penguin diet: a pilot study directly comparing data from stomach flushing with faecal DNA analysis
CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP). Stomach lavage techniques are used in order to identify prey ... composition and mass. Analysing prey DNA in faeces may be a useful, less invasive, approach to complement ... /January) in 2014/15 and 2015/16. Each method produced a similar pattern of penguin diet, with a shift from ... almost exclusively krill in 2014/15 to a mixture of fish and krill in 2015/16. Stomach flushing allows ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/29 : Author(s): B. Deagle, J. McInnes, L. Emmerson, M. Dunn, S. Adlard and C. Waluda
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REVIEW OF CCAMLR TRANSLATION REQUIREMENTS
the 2001–2008 period. Note is taken of the growing translation demand in terms of the number of pages ... requiring translation annually and the increase in translation complexity. Trends in Secretariat translation ... by Members in considering how translation service delivery and standing may be sustained into the ... Papers and the Secretariat’s Translation Capacity. Focus is given to prevailing circumstances in 2008 as ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/10 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Executive Secretary