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1. Detecting trends in the krill fishery

   Abstract:  The development of the krill fishery can be monitored and predicted using a number of ... different sources of information. Information on current catches and scientific information on the krill ... stocks is of limited value in plotting trends in the fishery at its current level. Predictions by Members ... of their future plans are also of limited use because they ultimately depend on the underlying ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/25 : Author(s): S. Nicol and J. Foster (Australia)

2. Proposal for a skate tagging program in the Ross Sea region to estimate the local biomass trend for starry skates (Amblyraja georgiana)

   Abstract:  To progress development of a semi-quantitative and spatially explicit risk assessment ... /17 fishing season, noting that on average 89% of skates by weight are released alive (45 of 51 t ... annually). Catch data show that most of the skate catch consists of Amblyraja georgiana and that this ... biomass. Much of the A. georgiana catch occurs in SSRUs 88.1H and 88.1I in an area remaining open to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/38 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S. Parker and M. Francis

3. Update on the Top Predator Alliance project, 2013–14 season: Killer whales

   affected by the removal of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni; ‘toothfish’) in the Ross Sea region ... .  However, extreme paucity of information about the diet of TCKW, and uncertainty regarding the degree of ... fishery to TCKW and other marine mammals and (b) mitigate potential risk by implementation of management ... recorded during 5 of 8 helicopter flights.  For 3 of these observations, the prey was identifiable as ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/52 : Author(s): R. Eisert, M.H. Pinkerton (New Zealand), L. Torres (USA), R.J.C. Currey, P.H. Ensor, E.N. Ovsyanikova, I.N. Visser (New Zealand) and O.T. Oftedal (USA)

4. Preliminary proposal for designation an Antarctic Specially Protected Area in the Argentine Islands Archipelago and nearby Graham Coast Antarctic Peninsula region

   region of Argentine Islands Archipelago, adjacent islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago and costal oases of ... terrestrial area with marine component, which consists of inter-island water areas within the central group of ... provided research and monitoring at the Argentine Islands Archipelago, including terrestrial survey of ... almost all islands, and ice-free areas at Mainland. The distribution of different vegetation: moss ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-38/BG/21 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine

5. Informative approaches to ageing Antarctic fishes

   Abstract:  Two concepts can be examined when studying the age of Antarctic fishes. Age can be ... considered in terms of the passage of time (chronological age), and it can also be examined as ' ... ;physiological time'. In this regard otoliths and post-mitotic tissues may contain a large amount of ... examination of otoliths by light and scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) methodology demonstrated that rhythmic ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR/86/FA/07 : Author(s): R.L. Radtke and K.T. Hill (USA)

6. Krill fishery report: 2007 update

   for krill in Area 48 in the 2006/07 season, and these vessels have taken 61876 t of krill to date. Two ... CCAMLR scientific observers have been deployed. The preliminary estimate of the total catch of krill for ... the season is approximately 111746 t. This compares with 106589 t of krill reported in the STATLANT ... data for 2005/06. With the exception of Korea and Poland, all Contracting Parties have submitted ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

7. Beach debris survey – Main Bay, Bird Island, South Georgia 1998/99

   Abstract:  The ninth year of surveys of beach man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia ... revealed a total of 213 items, 51% less than the total of 430 items in 1997/98 and the second lowest total ... 1990. The number of items collected in the summer was 172, a decrease of 45% from the 1997/98 total of ... 310. Nylon line, identical to that attached to longline gear, accounted for 51 % of items.The lower ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

8. Best practice seabird by-catch mitigation for Spanish-rig longline vessels with emphasis on line weighting regimes

   Abstract:  The Spanish system is used in a range of demersal and semi-pelagic longline fisheries ... throughout the southern hemisphere and has been the source of a large number of seabird fatalities. An ... experiment was conducted on a chartered Spanish-rig vessel to improve the sink rate of longlines to reduce ... interactions with seabirds. The benchmark sink rate was that of integrated weight (IW) longlines, as used by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/22 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia), C.A. Moreno (Chile), B. Wienecke (Australia), P. Gandini (Argentina), G. McPherson (Australia) and J.-P. Seco Pon (Argentina)

9. REVISED RESEARCH PLAN FOR TOOTHFISH IN DIVISION 58.4.4A and B BY SHINSEI MARU NO. 3 IN 2009/10

   status and biological characteristics of Dissostichus spp. in Division 58.4.4 a & b has been revised ... according to the recommendations of the working group. The working group recommended the consecutive ... research focusing on tagging program for a period of 3-5 years to estimate current stock size accurately ... division that includes 4 SSRUs, taking into account the conservative exploitation rate (less than 3.8 % of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/12 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

10. Broadbandwidth sound scattering and absorption from krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), Mysids (Praunus flexuousus and Neomysis integer) and shrimp (Crangon crangon)

    Abstract:  Sound scattering and absorption measurements were made of Northern krill ... (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) over the acoustical bandwidth of 30 to 210 kHz and compared to similar scattering ... measurements made of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba; Demer and Conti, 2003a). The measurements of total ... total target strengths (TTS) of crustaceans with markedly different shapes (i.e. Mysidacea, a mix of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/40 : Author(s): S.G. Conti, D.A. Demer (USA) and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

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