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Natural fluctuations in the abundance of krill with due regard to global climate changes in the southern hemisphere: forecasting possibilities
Abstract: The eco systematic studies in biology and hydrology conducted in the Atlantic sector of ... ;success" in the reproduction of krill (Euphausia superba) and salp (Salpa tompsoni) (SC-CAMLR-XVI4 ... ; SC-CAMLR-XVV3). The analysis of multiannual observations (1977-1997) conducted by Siegel (Siegel et ... between the strong year-classes of krill and severe winters when the ice-cover extended itself northwards ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/52 : Author(s): K. Shust (Russia)
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Estimates of sustainable yield for 50 data-poor stocks in the Pacific coast groundfish fishery management plan
Abstract: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 ... of sustainable yield for many these species were previously based on undocumented, ad-hoc analyses ... . We present estimates of sustainable yield for 50 of these stocks using two recently developed models ... designed to inform management of data-poor stocks. These models rely on recently reconstructed time series ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-11/P1 : Author(s): E.J. Dick and A.D. McCall
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A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2005/06
nine years in Subarea 88.1 and for five years in Subarea 88.2 with a large amount of data collected on ... fished. The 2006 D. mawsoni catch was the second highest on record with a total of 3388 t against a ... combined catch limit of 3451 t. The subarea catch limit was almost reached in both Subarea 88.1 and 88.2 ... . The management of the SSRUs within the two subareas was changed for the 2006 season as part of a 3 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/29 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson and A. Dunn (New Zealand)
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Population structure of icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in the South Georgia area (Antarctic)
Abstract: The living conditions of Champsocephalus gunnari in the eastern, western shelf areas of ... South Georgia and at Shag Rocks are different. The length-age structure of C.gunnari groupings ... inhabiting the areas at Shag Rocks and South Georgia is characterized with the lack of fish below 11 cm in ... length and older than 6-7 years (10-11 years in the South Georgia area) and considerably lower number of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/40 : Author(s): Zh.A. Frolkina and I.A. Trunov (Russia)
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The influence of environmental variables and mitigation measures on seabird catch rates in the Japanese tuna longline fishery within the Australian Fishing Zone, 1991–1995
Abstract: Long term fisheries observer data were used to analyse the influence of a range of ... environmental variables and mitigation measures upon catch rates of seabirds in the Japanese pelagic longline ... were set during summer, in southern areas of the zone, and during daylight hours. However ... , interpretation of changes in catch rates resulting from the use of mitigation measures or from weather effects ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/32 : Author(s): N. Brothers, R. Gales and T. Reid (Australia)
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Environmental variability and the behavioural dynamics of Antarctic fur seals in the South Atlantic
Abstract: Variability in the reproductive performance of marine predators may be a result of ... physical forcing by large-scale oceanographic variability. Time lags, remoteness from the epicentre of a ... physical process and the simultaneous action of multiple physical processes often mean that it is difficult ... to link variability in predator performance with specific measurements of oceanographic variability ...
Meeting Document : WS-AREA 48-98/16 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd (UK)
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The diet of toothfish species Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt and D. mawsoni Norman with overlapping distributions around the South Sandwich Islands, Southern Ocean
Abstract: The diet of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) and Patagonian toothfish (D ... . 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 ... prey (76.2 % of D. mawsoni compared to 7.2 % of D. eleginoides), diet composition was broadly similar ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/P03 : Author(s): J. Roberts, J. Xavier and D. J. Agnew
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 1996 winter and 1996/97 pup-rearing season
Abstract: The results of the survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... usual most (88%) entanglements were of juveniles; however one-third were of females, an unusually high ... entangling materials, with the abundance of string and fishing net reversed from most previous years. In ... animals involved were juvenile females; the overall severity of injury was the lowest yet recorded. The ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/06 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Reports on abundance and biological information of toothfish in Division 58.4.4 a & b by Shinsei maru No. 3 in 2013/14 season
Abstract: A survey was conducted to collect data of stock status and various biological ... information of toothfish in the research blocks 58.4.4b_1 (SSRU 58.4.4C) and 58.4.4b_2 (SSRU 58.4.4D) of ... Division 58.4.4b (Ob Lena Banks) from July 18 to September 20, 2014. A total of 88 hauls using normal ... trotline system were made in the blocks. Total catch of Dissostichus eleginoides (excluding those tagged ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/14 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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Comparison of equal-area cylindrical and circular piston transducers
Abstract: Design of sondes for in situ measurement of zooplankton or other scatterers requires ... choosing among alternative transducer geometries. This contribution addresses the problem of choosing ... between cylindrical and circular piston transducers by comparing the performance of the two according to ... dimensions of six fabricated cylindrical transducers, whose beam patterns have been measured by the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/08 : Author(s): Foote, K.G.