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1. CCAMLR measures regulating the tagging of Dissostichus species, metrics used to assess vessel tagging performance, the potential for some anomalous results, and general recommendations on tagging; a view from the hauling room

   performance measures implemented by CCAMLR to control and monitor the tagging of toothfish (Dissostichus ... first season of implementation we describe several circumstances which will cause anomalies in the tag ... distribution of Dissostichus species within the assessed management division (ASD) or changes in the tagging ... rate within sub areas of the assessed ASD.  The current level of two tonnes of Dissostichus catch ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/50 : Author(s): J.M. Fenaughty (New Zealand) and J. Brown (United Kingdom)

2. TEMPORAL CLARIFICATION OF THE TRANSITION FROM BLUE PHASE FINGERLING TO EARLY JUVENILE BROWN PHASE IN NOTOTHENIA ROSSII FROM THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

   Abstract:  Scales and whole otoliths were read for age determination of early stages of Notothenia ... rossii caught in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, in summer of years 2003-2006 and 2008. The sample ... was composed by blue phase fingerlings of 7-7.6 cm (TL) and age group 0 year and demersal young brown ... phase juveniles of 8.5-20.9 cm and predominant age groups 1-2 years. Counting of sclerites facilitated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/32 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro, E. Moreira, N. Alescio and E. Marschoff (Argentina)

3. Identification of Pleuragramma antarctica larvae in the Ross Sea via mitochondrial DNA

   Abstract:  Research into the early life stages of Pleuragramma antarctica is essential to ... understanding how oceanographic variation will impact spatial distributions over time. The recent findings of ... , length and growth data for larvae found in the western and eastern Ross Sea during the austral summer of ... genomic DNA from a sample of these larvae and, using fish universal primers, amplified part of the 16S ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/61 : Author(s): J.A. Caccavo (Italy), C. Brooks (USA), L. Zane (Italy) and J.R. Ashford (USA)

4. Distributions and predator-prey interactions of macaroni penguins, Antarctic fur seals, and Antarctic krill near Bird Island, South Georgia

   Abstract:  We studied the distributions, abundances and interactions of macaroni penguins Eudyptes ... . Simultaneous surveys of marine birds, Antarctic fur seals and Antarctic krill were conducted along a series of ... transects radiating from the breeding colonies of the vertebrate predators. We examined the relationships ... between the distributions of predators and their prey with respect to the abundance of krill in the water ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/12 : Author(s): G.L. Hunt, Jr (USA), D. Heinemann (USA) and I. Everson (United Kingdom)

5. Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua diet as an indicator of planktonic availability in the Kerguelen Islands

   Abstract:  Since penguins rely on the main planktonic resources of the Southern Ocean, knowledge ... of their diet may be used for monitoring these resources. During winter and spring of 1987 and 1989 ... , we investigated the composition of the diet of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua, in relation to ... changes in the availability of two prey species, Euphausia vallentini and Themisto gaudichaudii, sampled ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/11 : Author(s): C.A. Bost, P. Koubbi, F. Genevois, L. Ruchon and V. Ridoux (France)

6. Distribution of krill (Euphausia superba Dana) catches in the South Shetlands and South Orkneys

   Abstract:  Zones of 20 km width are defined around selected colonies of penguins distributed ... around the coasts of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands. Krill catches in these zones are shown ... , probably as a result of more variable hydrographic conditions. About 50% of the catch in Subarea 48.1 from ... December to March was taken within 40 km of the coast, and 90% within 80 km in all years 1988-1990. In 1987 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-92/19 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew (Secretariat)

7. Selectivity of standard polish commercial trawl codends on Antarctic fishing grounds

   = 100 mm, made of double twines with a thickness of 4.2 mm. The studies covered 6 major fish species. 1 ... during trawling, although the effectiveness of this process- especially in the latter case- is not ... tendency to pass through meshes of the codend than Antarctic icefish and bumphead notothenia. 3. The ... solution to the problem of ensuring selectivity of codends at a sufficiently good level seems possible as a ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/11 : Author(s): J. Zaucha (Poland)

8. Using digital video monitoring systems in fisheries: applications for monitoring compliance of seabird avoidance devices and seabird mortality in Pacific halibut longline fisheries

   Halibut Commission (IPHC) for a project examining the feasibility of electronic monitoring systems (EMS ... ) in the Pacific halibut longline fleet operating off the state of Alaska. The project was conducted on ... two of the IPHC stock assessment survey vessels fishing in Alaska during 2002. The objectives of the ... project were to: 1) examine the ability of an electronic monitoring system to provide images that would ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/24 : Author(s): R.T. Ames, G.H. Williams and S.M. Fitzgerald (USA)

9. Distribution, abundance and acoustic properties of Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum) in the Ross Sea

   community of top predators in the shelf waters of the Ross Sea. In spite of their abundance and important ... role in Antarctic food chains, very little is known of many ecological and biological aspects of this ... species. A combined trawl and acoustic survey of silverfish was carried out on the western Ross Sea shelf ... during the New Zealand International Polar Year Census of Antarctic Marine Life research voyage on R.V ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/P04 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll, G.J. Macaulay, S. Gauthier, M. Pinkerton and S. Hanchet

10. A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subarea 48.6 from 2003/04 to 2011/12

    , location, size structure and maturity of Dissostichus spp.  Information on the composition of  bycatch ... toothfish, accumulated catch across years yielded 1,353 tons with the majority of the catch coming from ... was reported exclusively in the SSRUs 48.6A and 48.6G. Most of the catches were reported by vessels ... from Japan (58%) and Rep. of Korea (31%) and to a lesser extent, from South Africa (7%) and Norway (4 ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-12/33 : Author(s): R. Wiff (Chile), M. Belchier (United Kingdom) and J. Arata (Chile)

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