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Estimating the biodiversity of the sub-Antarctic Indian part for ecoregionalisation: Part I. Pelagic realm of CCAMLR areas 58.5.1 and 58.6
differs in intensity from one year to the next. Application of these methods on plankton and pelagic fish ... habitat towards the east differs in intensity from one year to the next. Application of these methods ...
Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/10 : Author(s): P. Koubbi (France), P.A. Hulley (South Africa), B. Raymond (Australia), F. Penot, S. Gasparini, J.P. Labat, P. Pruvost (France), S. Mormède (New Zealand), J.O. Irisson, G. Duhamel and P. Mayzaud (France)
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Diseases and parasites of penguins
Abstract: The study of diseases in wild penguins is important for the identification of endemic ... diseases and the detection of exotic diseases should these occur. It is also important in the understanding ... and parasites recorded for all species of penguins present both in the wild and in captivity. Normal ... values for blood biochemistry and haematology are given as an aid to the identification of illness in ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-94/35 : Author(s): J. Clarke and K. Kerry (Australia)
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KRILL FISHERY REPORT: 2008 UPDATE
for krill in Area 48 in the 2007/08 season, and these vessels have taken 84110 t of krill to date. The ... 104586 t of krill reported in the STATLANT data for 2006/07. With the exception of Poland, all ... ; Consideration of the Conservation Measures in force in the fishery. Reference information on stock and areas ... , and parameters used in stock assessment are also included. Author(s): Secretariat Title: KRILL ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/05 : Author(s): Secretariat
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COMPARISON OF THE PRECISION OF DIRECT VERSUS AGE LENGTH KEY METHODS OF ESTIMATING CATCH-AT-AGE PROPORTIONS
) of fish in the catch, determining the ages in the sample, and calculating proportions in each age ... class. This “direct” method can be replaced by the age length key (ALK) method if there are in addition ... the extra information in the LF sample to calculate proportions by age by multiplying the probability ... otoliths removed until a fixed number of fish in each length bin have been obtained and further sampling ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/22 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)
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Preliminary results of a feeding trial on the blue-eyed shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
. The otoliths identified in pellets were affected by the digestive process and consequently the fish ... species were differentialy underrepresented in number and size (length/mass). Except Gobionotothen ... gibberifrons and Nototheniops nudifrons all the species were underestimated in number (N. rossii fully). G ... that experimentally observed in other not antarctic shag species. Algae and ploychaetes were found in ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-94/29 : Author(s): R. Casaux, M. Favero, E. Barrera-Oro and P. Silva (Argentina)
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Climate change and precautionary spatial protection: ice shelves
Abstract: Regional climate change is now known to be well established in the Antarctic ... , particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula region. One of the most evident signs of climate change has been ice ... shelf collapse; overall, 87% of the Peninsula’s glaciers have retreated in recent decades. Ice shelf ... to return that were last present during the last interglacial, a warmer period than at present. In ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Criteria for the Selection of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Abstract: Selection criteria have been widely advocated as a tool to assist in the identification ... ). The application of selection criteria can assist in evaluating candidate sites, prioritising areas ... criteria might be applied in conjunction with bioregionalisation analysis to support the systematic ... selection criteria for protected areas, both in the context of the Antarctic Treaty System and in other ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/24 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Report on the activities of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) 2005/06SCAR Observer to CCAMLR
Delegates Meeting and Open Science Conference held in Hobart in July 2006, progress with the new Evolution ... and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) and the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) projects. CAML ... to gather information on marine biodiversity in Antarctic and SCAR has established a new Action Group ... on marine acoustic studies at the University of Cadiz, Spain in January 2006. A summary is provided ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXV/BG/22 : Author(s): SCAR Observer to CCAMLR(G. Hosie, Australia)
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RESOURCES EVALUATION OF ANTARCTIC KRILL EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA DANA USING AREAL TRAWLING AND HYDRO-ACOUSTIC DATA
analyses procedures applied for trawling and hydro-acoustic sampling have to in compliance with the rules ... revealed. Standard measures for the population densities of krill in natural habitat are not available ... , thus it is principally impossible to structure systems and random errors in evaluating process, to ... krill and minimizing miscalculations in evaluations of congestions. Evaluations regime applied for the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-08/P01 : Author(s): L.A. Kovalchuk (Ukraine)
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
In the 1990’s IUU fishing for toothfish in the Convention Area was estimated to be over six times ... marine stocks had not recovered from overfishing in the 1970’s and identified that addressing IUU fishing ... was a critical need. Although it is believed that the level of IUU fishing in the Convention Area has ... detect possible or known IUU vessels in the Convention Area, through direct observation by their own ...
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