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Offal Management Group – update
Abstract: Information available in the CCEP on incidents of non-compliance with CM 26-01 ... paragraph 6, that prohibits dumping or discharging offal and discards south of 60°S, appear to be the result ... of mechanical failure. The information on offal management practices from other organisations relate ... to how and when offal should be discharged and largely reflects the provisions of CCAMLR’s CM 25-02 ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-38/BG/08 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Anthropogenic feather soiling, marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1999/2000
Abstract: This report describes and quantifies occurrences of oil, marine debris and fishing gear ... associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia. In this, the seventh year of standardised recording ... , an unprecedented quantity of hooks (both with and without long-line attached) and monofilament long ... . Quantities of fishing gear remained within the levels of previous years for all other species, except black ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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A proposal for the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area
Abstract: The delegation of the United States proposes the establishment by the Commission for ... the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (Commission or CCAMLR) of a marine protected ... endorsed the Scientific Committee’s work program to develop a representative system of Antarctic MPAs with ... the aim of conserving marine biodiversity in the Convention Area. Consistent with this goal and to ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/40 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA
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Krill fishery report: 2013 update
catch of krill was 161085 t (Subarea 48.1: 75630 t; Subarea 48.2: 29040 t; Subarea 48.3: 56415 t). The ... largest catch of krill by small-scale management unit was taken in ‘South Georgia East’ in Subarea 48.3 ... with a total catch of 50218 t. So far this season (2012/13), 11 vessels from Chile, China, Korea ... , Norway and Ukraine have fished for krill in Area 48. The total catch reported to the end of May 2013 was ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/37 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Krill Fishery Report
summary of information related to the krill fishery in a similar format to the fishery reports that are ... the preparation of a draft krill fishery report for consideration at WG EMM-14 that would be similar ... the same information provided in the previous report (i.e. an introduction on the background of the ... fishery, an inventory of catch and SISO data, including incidental mortality of marine mammals and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/30 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Proposal on a conservation measure establishing a marine protected area in the Domain 1 (Western Antarctic Peninsula and South Scotia Arc)
Abstract: Since 2002, CCAMLR has been working on the development of a network of Marine Protected ... Areas (MPAs) with the aim of conserving marine biodiversity in the Convention Area. Consistent with this ... goal and taking into account the singularities of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and South ... Scotia Arc region, the delegations of Argentina and Chile propose the establishment of an MPA in the ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVII/31 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile
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Gear loss reported by longline fishing vessels for the 2018 and 2019 fishing seasons
. Vessels reported 1 632 km of line lost in the Convention Area, of which 27% were complete lines. There was ... no difference in the relative reporting of lost hooks by gear type, with rates of loss recorded at ... of complete line loss between gear types, with a higher rate of complete line loss for trotline than ... for Spanish or autoline. It is important to improve reporting in order to accurately quantify rates of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/18 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Revised research plan for the exploratory longline fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 58.4.1 in 2014/15
Abstract: Most things related to Dissostichus spp. in the eastern side of Antarctic has not been ... sizes were vulnerable with a big range of about 1,000-2,000 t per SSRU in 58.4.1. During the 2004-2014 ... more recapture. The food-web of Dissostichus spp. has started to be studied in the southern Ross Sea ... and 58.4.1C. Some studies on biology of the fish have been evaluated, but those are not enough to ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/38 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea
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Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni): Health risk assessment
Abstract: In the present study, the concentrations of total mercury in different organs of the ... Division 58.4.1 off the coast of Antarctica were determined. The results revealed total mercury ... concentrations of 0.165 ± 0.095 mg/kg (0.023–0.454 mg/kg) in the Antarctic toothfish. In fish muscle ... , methylmercury accounted for approximately 40% of the total mercury. In a comparison analysis, muscle and liver ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/P02 : Author(s): M. Yoon, M.-R. Jo, K.-T. Son, W.-S. Choi, S. I. Kang, S.-G. Choi, J. H. Lee and T. S. Lee
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BEACH DEBRIS SURVEY – MAIN BAY, BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA 2006/2007
Abstract: During the seventeenth year of standardised beach surveys of man-made debris at Bird ... Island, South Georgia (covering the period 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007) a total of 365 items were ... collected. This represents a reduction by 33% on the 544 items recorded in 2005/06 and a decrease in mass of ... 1.72 kg (32%). The distribution of debris between the summer and winter was similar to the five ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/24 : Author(s): F. Le Bouard (UK)