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1. A review of national observer training and education programs (Scheme of International Scientific Observation)

   education and training for observers in these fisheries (SC-CAMLR-XXV, paragraph 2.11). A review of current ... participating Members was reviewed and common elements, differences and gaps in existing national programs were ... procedures; sea survival and safety; and the CAMLR Convention and CCAMLR conservation measures in force. The ... Secretariat believes that in order to achieve a consistent approach to education and training for scientific ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/09 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat

2. Genetic variation among populations of the Antarctic toothfish: evolutionary insights and implications for conservation

   with over 70% of the world’s fish stocks being fully exploited and in many cases overexploited. On top ... granted commercial fishing permits in the most remote marine environment on earth, the high latitude ... species. In this study we focus on patterns of genetic diversity within and between geographically ... fisheries in a manner that will help prevent the loss of unique genetic variation from regional overfishing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/69 : Author(s): R.W. Parker, K.N. Paige and A.L. DeVries (USA)

3. Antarctic krill and climate change

   Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES) in the Netherlands, and funded by the European Commission ... must be enhanced. To achieve this, critical knowledge gaps in the biology and ecology of Antarctic ... krill need to be closed. Research needs to be intensified on recruitment processes in Antarctic krill ... CCAMLR’s ecosystem-based management approach, 10 recommendations were agreed on during the workshop. In ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of the European Union

4. TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MARINE SPATIAL PROTECTION FOR THE SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS

   11 priority areas in which work to establish spatial protection should be focused (CCAMLR-XXVII ... Report, para 7.2). In 2008, a pilot study undertaken for this region demonstrated that a systematic ... marine spatial protection for the South Orkney Islands region. It concludes that the method outlined in ... considered for implementation in Subarea 48.2. Such measures could include any of the range of tools ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/22 : Author(s): S. Grant, P.N. Trathan, J. Tratalos and J. Silk (United Kingdom)

5. Draft MPA Report for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf (MPA Planning Domain 1, Subarea 48.2)

   established by CCAMLR in 2009 (CCAMLR-XXVIII paragraph 7.1; CM 91-03), with the objective of contributing ... towards the conservation of biodiversity in Subarea 48.2, and to the development of a representative ... system of protected areas across the Convention Area. In 2013, a preliminary draft MPA Report was ... developed for the SOISS MPA (WG-EMM-13/10), based on the report structure proposed in WG-EMM-12/49. The ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/25 : Author(s): Delegation of the European Union

6. Beach debris survey, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 2000/2001

   CCAMLR in 1995/96 has been effective and should continue. Plastic waste was predominant, as in previous ... duration of sea-ice around Signy Island was prolonged in 2000/2001 and may have limited the amount of ... materials with a high resistence to degradation in the marine environment remains a problem and highlights ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

7. Acoustic discrimination of southern ocean zooplankton

   Abstract:  Acoustic surveys in the vicinity of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia revealed ... the existence of a number of horizontally extensive yet vertically discrete scattering layers in the ... employed for fishery acoustics, it is possible to discriminate in situ between several zooplanktonic taxa ... , taxa which in some instances exhibit similar gross morphological characteristics and have overlapping ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/54 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S., Goss, C., Ward, P.

8. Ocean acidification and the Southern Ocean

   , including the Southern Ocean. The relative undersaturation of CaCO3 in the Southern Ocean suggests that ... assumes “business as usual”- emissions leading to 778 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere by 2100- aragonite will ... develop research programs to fill in the gaps of current research on Southern Ocean impacts as soon as ... processes besides calcification in invertebrates and vertebrates. Ocean acidification is relevant to ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/BG/24 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

9. Impacts of cetaceans on the structure of Southern Ocean food webs

   structure and dynamics of the Southern Ocean food web. These should be considered in addition to several ... nonetheless contend that they indicate fruitful directions for current and future research in the Southern ... , in part, researchers are preoccupied with physical factors as ecosystem drivers, i.e. climate, that ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P04 : Author(s): D. Ainley, G. Ballard, L.K. Blight, S. Ackley, S.D. Emslie, A. Lescroël, S. Olmastroni, S.E. Townsend, C.T. Tynan, P. Wilson and E. Woehler

10. Technical note on the sampling procedures of the Saga Sea

    that a Norwegian-flagged vessel, “Saga Sea” would be fishing for krill in the 2005/06 fishing season ... information on effort, catch characteristic and the broader ecosystem impacts of this new technology. In ... response to these concerns a monitoring system has been developed in collaboration between Norway’s ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/18 : Author(s): J. Hooper (United Kingdom), T. Knutsen (Norway), D. Agnew (United Kingdom) and S.A. Iversen (Norway)

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