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Beach debris survey, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2006/07
rise in the number of plastic packaging bands (18) from the total recorded the previous season (9 ... ), this increase representing a continuation of the rise in packaging bands experienced over recent ... vessels brought into force by CCAMLR in 1995/96 has yet to prove entirely effective. Plastic waste was ... predominant, as in previous seasons, making up 80% of all items recorded, followed jointly by metal and wood ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/19 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Beach debris survey, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2005/06
a fall in the number of plastic packaging bands (9) from the total recorded the previous season (12 ... ), this decrease representing a contrast to the rise in packaging bands experienced over the previous four ... indicate that the ban on their use aboard fishing vessels brought into force by CCAMLR in 1995/96 has yet ... to prove entirely effective and should continue. Plastic waste was predominant, as in previous ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2004/05
an rise in the number of plastic packaging bands (12) from the total recorded the previous season (5 ... ), this increase resuming the rise in packaging bands experienced over the previous three seasons with the ... on their use aboard fishing vessels brought into force by CCAMLR in 1995/96 has yet to prove entirely ... effective and should continue. Plastic waste was predominant, as in previous seasons, making up 71.01% of ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/17 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Reconciling fisheries with conservation: three examples from the Southern Ocean
uncertainty in the analysis of risk of exceeding defined management criteria. Each fishery, however, presents ... relies on frequent surveys and short-term population projections because of high variability in natural ... projections and has demonstrated success in addressing incidental mortality of seabirds, large-scale ... misreporting of catches threatens to compromise the viability of the fishery. These concerns are discussed in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/48 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt (USA), I. Everson (United Kingdom) and C.D. Jones (USA)
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Operational interactions between cetaceans and the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) industrial fishery off Southern Chile
(Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery were assessed in southern Chile through 7 surveys with observers on board ... industrial vessels between April 2002 and March 2003. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) occurred in ... higher frequency than any other species during fishing operations. In 60% of all monitored sets sperm ... whales were present, while orcas (Orcinus orca) were found in only 10% of these. When cetaceans were ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/95 : Author(s): R. Hucke-Gaete, C.A. Moreno and J.A. Arata (Chile)
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Beach debris survey – Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 2002
increase of 59% by number and 97% by mass since 2000/01). There was an increase in the number of plastic ... packaging bands (eight) from the total recorded the previous season (1), a change in what has otherwise been ... a declining trend since 1993/94. Plastic waste was predominant, as in previous seasons, making up71 ... of waste recorded at Signy Island has shown a reverse in what has otherwise been a declining trend ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXI/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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FIELD IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS (HIMI) BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES: A GUIDE FOR SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS ABOARD FISHING VESSELS
specific reference material for the identification of benthic invertebrates in areas specific to which ... observer identifications and also to assist in the identification of vulnerable areas, the Scientific ... : paragraph 4.190). In response to this recommendation Australia has developed the ‘Field identification guide ... of invertebrate by-catch when operating in the HIMI region. The Australian Antarctic Division has now ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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FIELD IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLAND (HIMI) BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES
specific reference material for the identification of benthic invertebrates in areas specific to which ... observer identifications and also to assist in the identification of vulnerable areas, the Scientific ... : paragraph 4.190). In response to this recommendation Australia has developed the “Field identification guide ... by-catch when operating in the HIMI region. Based on available data, this publication will include ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/59 : Author(s): T. Hibberd and K. Moore (Australia)
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A comparison of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) caught by nets and taken by macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus Brandt): evidence for selection?
samples. The krill taken by the macaroni penguins differed significantly from those caught in the nets ... distributions that were statistically different from the original distribution of krill caught in nets on 76 out ... contained three times as many female as male krill, whereas krill caught in nets contained nearly equal ... proportions. The differences in size and maturity of krill taken by penguins are discussed in terms of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/08 : Author(s): Croxall, J.P., Hill, H.J., Trathan, P.N., Watkins, J.L.
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Adult male Antarctic fur seals: tourists, trouble makers or marine ecosystem sentinels?
Abstract: Resource competition often results in mechanisms that ameliorate its effects, typically ... concern that any increase in catch levels should not result in long-lasting or irreparable damage to the ... breeding Chinstrap penguins in the Bransfield Strait at a time when fishing effort is minimal, as well as ... considered in understanding the functional response of penguins and suggest that male AFS could be a useful ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/49 : Author(s): A. Lowther, C. Lydersen and K. Kovacs