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1. PROTECTING THE SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MANAGEMENT PLAN

   Abstract:  ASOC submitted a paper to the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission in ... Santiago outlining the reasons why the IWC, in concert with CCAMLR and other appropriate international ... as an Opening Statement in accordance with IWC rules. Following the IWC meeting, ASOC prepared an ... updated version of the paper, which is now in circulation to all of the governments participating in the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/29 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

2. METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATING THE AQUATIC LIFE RESOURCES

   Abstract:  ic life is developed in accordance with the rules of metrology, mathematical statistics ... water life was investigated through biocenotic conditionality in the areas of their equal probability in ... concentrations. The traditional method of squares in evaluating the stocks of water life was modernized with the ... specific concentration. Allocation of borders in the areas of probably equal concentrations of aquatic life ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-08/P02 : Author(s): L.A. Kovalchuk (Ukraine)

3. Extending the time series of catch-weighted length frequencies

   use of CCAMLR data for D. eleginoides in Subarea 48.3 collected in the seasons 1992/93 and from 1994 ... from 1993/94 because of a mismatch in Flag State which presently occurs between the length and catch ... data. A new procedure was developed which can use the mismatched data. In addition, historic data from ... 1986/87 to 1988/89 were entered in the CCAMLR database. The new procedure and recent data entry have ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-06/04 : Author(s): David Ramm & Lydia Millar

4. An underwater setting method for surface longliners, to minimise the accidental/incidental capture of seabirds

   significant decline in the numbers of some species (most notably albatross Diomedea sp) in the Southern Oceans ... . In response to the sea bird problem, the New Zealand Department of Conservation funded a programme in ... are reported in this document. One with the tube opening facing forward was unsuccessful,in flushing ... bait to the setting depth, however a backward facing U tube succeeded in flushing the bait on all ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/53 : Author(s): Walshe, K.A.R., Parnes, P.

5. The Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area: Current proposal and looking forward

   management. Since MPA planning commenced, CCAMLR has identified the Ross Sea as a key region in a ... MPA proposed in 2012 was designed to meet an array of ecological and scientific objectives while also ... allowing for an economically viable toothfish fishery in the Ross Sea. Since 2012, Ross Sea region MPA ... reflected in the current proposal. Through this document, ASOC highlights the revisions made to the current ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/27 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

6. About CCAMLR

   Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving ... Antarctic marine life. This was in response to increasing commercial interest in Antarctic krill resources ... marine resources in the Southern Ocean. Ecosystem-based management Being responsible for the conservation ... not exclude harvesting as long as such harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner and takes ...

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7. Status of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus 1758, at Bird Island, South Georgia

   breeding in tussock grassland at sub-Antarctic islands. Over the last decade it has been killed in large ... numbers in temperate and sub-tropical longline fisheries. However, no data are available on the global ... the distributioin and density of occupied burrows in 1981 and 1998. In both surveys white-chinned ... petrel burrows occurred in one-quarter of the 460–47736-m2 quadrats surveyed. The total number of burrows ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/26 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.D. Berrow, J.P. Croxall and S.D. Grant (United Kingdom)

8. Examination of the gut contents of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) from the toothfish pot fishery trials around South Georgia

   , (Dissostichus eleginoides), represents an important target species for fisheries not only in the study area ... around South Georgia (CCAMLR Sub-area 48.3), but also in other CCAMLR areas. To improve the knowledge on ... during the toothfish pot fishery trials undertaken in the area during the period March to May 2000. 3,640 ... empty stomachs was greatly reduced in fish caught using pots rather than longlines, increasing sample ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/25 : Author(s): G. Pilling, T. Daw, M. Purves, D. Agnew and J. Xavier (United Kingdom)

9. Detailed distribution of krill fishing around South Georgia

   only been available to the scientific community in the form of sub-area or fine-scale(0.5 ° latitude by ... has operated they do not reveal the localised nature of the fishing operation. In particular they give ... . Over the last three winter fishing seasons (1993-1995) haul by haul statistics have been recorded in ... a seasonal pattern. In 1994 the fishery was almost totally based over a large shallow bank area on ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/64 : Author(s): Parkes, G., Everson, I., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J.

10. Ecosystem modelling for the Antarctic krill fishery

    Abstract:  Euphausia superba Dana (Antarctic Krill) has been recognized as a key forage species in ... the Antarctic ecosystem. This species serves as prey for many organisms in the ecosystem and has also ... but there is concern that the reduction in krill biomass due tome fishery may have impacts on other ... krill predators such as penguins, seals and whales. In order to evaluate the effects of krill fishing on ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/65 : Author(s): T. Antezana, J. Cornejo, E. Bredesen, P. Faundez (Chile), A.W. Trites and T. Pitcher (Canada)

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