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Reconciling fisheries with conservation: three examples from the Southern Ocean
Abstract: Preservation of ecosystem structure is the guiding principle by which the Commission ... for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) endeavors to manage the harvests of ... living resources of the Southern Ocean (with the notable exception of marine mammals). The experiences of ... employed by CCAMLR is the application of a precautionary approach, which explicitly incorporates ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/48 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt (USA), I. Everson (United Kingdom) and C.D. Jones (USA)
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Report on scientific observations onboard the Chilean longliner, ‘Puerto Ballena’, in Statistical Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996
Abstract: Scientific observation under the auspices of the CCAMLR Scheme of International ... Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Subarea 48.3 from March to May 1996. Details of the cruise ... are provided. Biological investigations incorporated length, sex, maturity and weight measurements of ... D. eleginoides, the estimation of the finfish by-catch, the estimation of a conversion factor of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/22 : Author(s): Selling, J., Kock, K.-H.
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Observer notes (Subarea 88.1)
Abstract: Results of biological data analysis of Antarctic fish species from catches of 117 ... Antarctic toothfish was found in long-line catches above seamounts of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge to the ... North up to 56°S. Presence of Patagonian toothfish in spawning aggregations of Antarctic toothfish ... . Antarctic toothfish spawning takes place above the mountains of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, located ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/89 : Author(s): V.G. Prutko (Ukraine)
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Biomass/CCAMLR krill review
Abstract: Current knowledge of the ecology, biology and life history of the Antarctic krill ... of various national and international research programmes loosely co-ordinated under the auspices of ... BIOMASS (Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks). Attention is focused on topics ... which are either directly or indirectly applicable to the effective management of krill exploitation ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/39 : Author(s): D.G.M. Miller and I. Hampton (South Africa)
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Modelling Southern Ocean krill population dynamics: biological processes generating fluctuations in the South Georgia ecosystem
Abstract: Variability is a key feature of the pelagic ecosystems of the Southern Ocean and an ... important aspect of the variation is fluctuation in the abundance of krill, the major prey item of many of ... the higher predators. Direct impacts of variability in the large-scale physical environment, such as ... . So far, however, there has been little quantitative assessment of the importance of krill population ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/53 : Author(s): E. Murphy and K. Reid (United Kingdom)
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BEACH DEBRIS SURVEYS SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
(CCAMLR sub-area 48.4) during the 1996/7 austral summer. Two surveys of a north-east facing beach (1 km ... February 1997. A single opportunistic survey of a west-facing beach (c. 200 m length) at Ollivant Point ... in the group. Only 8 items were found in the initial survey of Demon Point, Candlemas Island. However ... , during the subsequent month, 26 further items of debris were washed onto the beach. This rate of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVI/BG/10 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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BEACH DEBRIS SURVEY – MAIN BAY, BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA 1995/96
Abstract: The sixth year of surveys of beached man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia ... revealed a total of 710 items, 2% less than the record total of 725 items in 1994/95. However, whereas the ... total amount of debris collected during the winter (April-September) was 40% lower than in 1994/95, the ... number of items collected at the end of summer (March) was 75% greater than the previous year, which was ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVI/BG/4 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Recommendations on estimating krill escape mortality during fishing operations: the problems and approaches
Abstract: The task to estimate the escape mortality of krill during the fishing operation ... assigned by Scientific Committee requires assessment of the total krill passed through the rope and netting ... parts of trawl and krill amount appeared unviable in the process of escapement. The recommendations ... presented are the first attempt to develop the method of instrumental assessment of the «escape mortality ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/06 : Author(s): V.K. Korotkov and S.M. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Recommendations on estimating krill escape mortality during fishing operations: the problems and approaches
Abstract: The task to estimate the escape mortality of krill during the fishing operation ... assigned by Scientific Committee requires assessment of the total krill passed through the rope and netting ... parts of trawl and krill amount appeared unviable in the process of escapement. The recommendations ... presented are the first attempt to develop the method of instrumental assessment of the «escape mortality ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/18 : Author(s): V.K. Korotkov and S.M. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Beach debris survey – Main Bay, Bird Island, South Georgia, 1997/98
Abstract: The eighth year of surveys of beach man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia ... revealed a total of 430 items, 49 percent more than the total of 289 items in 1996/97. The increase of the ... winter (April-September) total was 10 percent, from 109 items in 1996/97 to 120 items in 1997/98 both of ... which were considerably less than the winter totals for the previous 5 years of collections. The number ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVIII/BG/6 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom