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1. First global census of the Adélie penguin

   % larger (3.79 million breeding pairs) than the last estimate in 1993. We provide the first abundance ... colonizations. These recent colonizations represent approximately 5% of the increase in known breeding ... territories. Additionally, we report on thirteen colonies not found in the survey, including eight we conclude ... changes in abundance and distribution, and finds that Adélie Penguin declines on the Antarctic Peninsula ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/P05 : Author(s): H.J. Lynch and M.A. LaRue

2. A TALE OF TWO ISLANDS: CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR SUBANTARCTIC SKUAS AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS

   at the Prince Edward Islands was conducted during December 2008, repeating a previous survey in ... twice as many non-breeding birds. Burrowing petrels comprised 96% of prey in skua middens at Prince ... in 2008, whereas the number of skua nests on Marion Island was barely half that counted in 2001 ... , continuing an apparent decrease in this species at Marion Island since the 1980s. There is no evidence that ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P3 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan, P.A. Whittington and R.J.M. Crawford

3. The diet of toothfish species Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt and D. mawsoni Norman with overlapping distributions around the South Sandwich Islands, Southern Ocean

   . eleginoides) was examined around the south sandwich islands in the southern ocean, one of few regions with ... overlapping populations of the two species. Despite large differences in the proportion of stomachs containing ... compete for prey in regions where both are distributed.  However, the large increase in rate of prey ... occurrence and size of prey in D. mawsoni stomachs relative to D. eleginoides suggests species differences in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/P03 : Author(s): J. Roberts, J. Xavier and D. J. Agnew

4. Results of trials undertaken around Crozet Island using pots to target Patagonian toothfish

   longline fishery occurring in the Southern Indian Ocean off Kerguelen and Crozet islands. This fishery is ... accidental bird mortality. In order to find a solution to these issues a 25-day pot trial cruise was ... comparison are not straightforward due to the large number of pot model tested and the large differences in ... fishing techniques and further investigations are needed to be in position to asses the economic viability ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/10 : Author(s): N. Gasco, P. Tixier and C. Guinet (France)

5. To the question for bioregionalisation of the Antarctic waters with ecosystem approach

   , species of macro- and mesoplancton, algaes and protosoa, in other words all the components of ecosistem ... and food chains. At the same time naturel boundary, in the form of the Antarctic Convergence (AC) in ... different Sectors of Antarctica is located in different latitudes, and the structure of ACC modify greatly ... good isolation ecosistem. In my book (Shust,2001), take into account the general geological and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/18 : Author(s): Delegation of Russia

6. Fishery Reports 2011

   These Fishery Reports should be read in conjunction with the WG-FSA-11 Report (975.07 KB). The ... Fishery Reports for 2011 (Appendices D to R) were published in English only. Appendix Title APPENDIX D ... Report: Exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 (182.64 KB) APPENDIX N Fishery Report ... : Exploratory fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.4.1 (270.95 KB) APPENDIX O Fishery Report ...

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7. Time series of Drake Passage Oscillation Index (DPOI) from 1952 to 2005, Antarctica

   Abstract:  An assessment of the environmental processes influencing variability in the recruitment ... and density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba DANA) is important as variability in krill stocks ... affects the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a whole. Naganobu et al. (1999) had assessed variability in ... krill recruitment and density in the Antarctic Peninsula area with an environmental factor; strength of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/17 : Author(s): M. Naganobu and K. Kutsuwada (Japan)

8. Seabird mortality and the Falkland Islands trawling fleet

   , trawling and hauling operations for 157 days onboard finfish trawlers in the Falkland Islands in 2002/03 ... of these birds become impaled on a splice in the cable, which was situated on average around 50-100m ... from the waters surface, and are subsequently hauled onboard. In over 600 observed hauls in 2001-03 no ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/91 : Author(s): B.J. Sullivan, T.A. Reid, L. Bugoni and A.D. Black (United Kingdom)

9. An interpretation of the growth of the Adelie penguin rookery at Cape Royds, 1955-1990

   Abstract:  The population dynamics of the Cape Royds rookery were modelled by computer, in order ... to determine the probable causes of the dramatic increase since 1980 in the numbers of Adelie ... penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, breeding in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica. Variations in the extent of sea ... probably the result of a recent warming of the Ross Sea climate. Published in: New Zealand Journal of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-92/21 : Author(s): N. Blackburn (Denmark), R.H. Taylor and P.R. Wilson (New Zealand)

10. A proposal for the establishment of a Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area

    Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (Commission or CCAMLR) of a marine protected area (MPA) in ... the Ross Sea Region (“Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area”).  In recognition of the globally ... significant ecological, environmental, scientific and historic values of the Ross Sea Region, and in line with ... New Zealand delegation proposes to establish this MPA in order to achieve the conservation of ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/16 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegations of New Zealand and the USA

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