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1. Development of methods relevant to feedback management (FBM) for the krill fishery

   environment essential for the implementation of a Feed-Back Management (FBM) system. In terms of FBM, Marine ... . Thus, data supporting FBM as an integral part of the broader management strategies of the krill ... fisheries within Domain 1 are critical if the fishery is to be managed by an empirical understanding of ... during the fishing season as a measure of the available prey field. This information can be integrated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/08 : Author(s): B.A. Krafft, A. Lowther, G. Macaulay, M. Chierici, M. Biuw, A. Renner, T.A. Klevjer, R. Øyerhamn, C.A. Cárdenas, J. Arata, A. Makhado, C. Reiss and O.A. Bergstad

2. Composition and standing stock estimates of finfish from the Polarstern bottom trawl survey around Elephant Island and the South Shetland Islands (Subarea 48.1, 19 December 2006 to 3 January 2007)

   composition, biomass, and size composition of the abundant fish species was provided. Estimates of total ... South Shetland Islands and N. rossii in both areas. The proportion of juvenile G. gibberifrons ... , decreased further due to the production of poor year – classes since the late 1990’s. A concentration of N ... . rossii was found in the same location where aggregations of the species have been detected in 1975/76 and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/22 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock, J. Appel, M. Busch, S. Klimpel, M. Holst, D. Pietschok (Germany), L.V. Pshenichnov (Ukraine), R. Riehl, S. Schöling (Germany)

3. Approaches to monitoring and assessing the abundance of rattails (Macrourus spp.) and skates in the Ross Sea

   , experimental manipulation of fishing effort, catch-curve analysis, tagging programmes, bottom trawl surveys ... towards obtaining abundance estimates for rattails and skates in the Ross Sea. The major advantage of this ... range 600–1500 m to obtain a precise estimate of bycatch abundance in the area of highest densities ... (SSRUs 881E, G, H, I, J, and K). A trawl survey could also be used in conjunction with other methods of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/22 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll, S.M. Hanchet and B.A. Wood (New Zealand)

4. Exploitation of the marine environment by two sypatric albatrosses in the Pacific Southern Ocean

   . Data were analysed in relation to the bathymetry and sea-surface temperature of the foraging zones ... . Black-browed albatrosses spent 55% of their time on the Campbell Plateau but also carried out long ... foraging trips to the Polar Front and Antarctic Zone at a distance of over 2000 km. They relied heavily on ... waters the squid Martialia hyadesi was the main prey item. Grey-headed albatrosses spend 71% of their ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/59 : Author(s): S.M. Waugh (New Zealand), H. Weimerskirch, Y. Cherel (France), U. Shankar (New Zealand), P.A. Prince (United Kingdom) and P.M. Sagar (New Zealand)

5. Proposal for a joint workshop between the Southern Ocean Observing System and the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

   Scientific Committee consider a proposal to hold a joint two-day workshop between representatives of SOOS and ... Scientific Committee as having an important role in a number of areas of its work, including ecosystem ... 2.94), spatial management of impacts on the Antarctic ecosystem (SC-CAMLR-XXXV, paragraph 5.7), climate ... ).  The report from SOOS this year (BG/14) indicates many activities of interest to SC-CAMLR, particularly ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/15 : Author(s): Submitted by SCOR

6. Intra-annual variability in the abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) at South Georgia, 2002–2005: within-year variation provides a new framework for interpreting previous ‘annual’ krill density estimates

   kHz) were deployed on moorings on- and off-shelf to the northwest of South Georgia to measure ... abundance of Antarctic krill continuously between 14 October 2002 and 29 December 2005. A distinct seasonal ... explained 71% of the observed week-week variation. Mooring estimates of krill abundance were not ... South Georgian western core box region between 1990 and 2005. Comparison of these ‘snap-shot’ ship ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/25 : Author(s): R.A. Saunders, J.L. Watkins, K. Reid, E.J. Murphy, P. Enderlein, D.G. Bone and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

7. Review of CCAMLR activities on monitoring marine debris in the Convention Area

   Abstract:  The current status of national surveys on monitoring of marine debris and their impact ... until recently. The number of debris items found has increased in the last season reported at Bird ... Island (2004), Signy Island (2005) and King George Island (2005). The majority of items found were ... packaging materials. The level of marine debris found in Grey-headed albatross, Black-browed albatross and ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/13 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Adélie penguin foraging behaviour and breeding success in seasons of contrasting krill availability (Mawson Coast, Antarctica)

   penguins at the Béchervaise Island CEMP site were compared between seasons of contrasting krill ... particularly apparent during the late guard to early crèche stages of chick rearing, coinciding with the timing ... of the krill survey. Chick mortality peaked during this period also. The findings illustrate the ... sensitivity of parameters A5 and A8 to prey availability during the short time scale of the chick rearing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/44 : Author(s): J. Clarke, M. Tierney, S. Candy, S. Nicol, L. Irvine and K. Kerry (Australia)

9. Demography and population trends of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross

   of breeding birds was strongly correlated between the two islands, and over the whole study period ... both study populations have trended downward at around 1.2% per year. The number of established ... breeders on Gough Island has declined more rapidly, and significantly, at an annual rate of 2.3 ... %. Monitoring established breeders maybe a sensitive means of detecting population trends. Average breeding ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/37 : Author(s): R. Cuthbert (United Kingdom), P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper (South Africa) and G. Hilton (United Kingdom)

10. Winter distribution and condition of Antarctic krill in relation to sea-ice and water column production in the South Shetland Islands during Austral Winter 2013

    Abstract:  Acoustic and net sampling of Antarctic Krill and other euphausiids was conducted at 88 ... was expansive (north of 60 S around Elephant Island) and the sea ice concentration was mostly more ... than 50%. Observations of birds and mammals showed that many species were found in southwestern ... Bransfield Strait, associated with the high concentrations of krill, an area targeted by the krill fishery in ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/13 : Author(s): C.S. Reiss, J. Walsh, K. Dietrich and J.A. Santora (USA)

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