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FISHING ACTIVITY AND SEABIRD-VESSEL ATTENDANCE NEAR THE NORTHERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
Abstract: We conducted a survey to investigate the factors influencing the number of seabirds ... objective was to assess whether seabirds exhibited differing levels of attendance that may be attributed to ... fishing activity. Counts of seabirds attending the vessel were made during non-fishing periods, net ... direction) and discards of fish and offal to determine whether they could be used to explain variability in ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/11 : Author(s): Jarrod A. Santora and Kimberly S. Dietrich (USA) and Darci Lombard (Canada)
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Notification for research vessel activity in Divisions 58.4.4a and 58.4.4b
Abstract: The main objective of this research is to collect various biological and physical data ... the status of these stocks. No information related to recent stock size exists in this area due to the ... prohibition of direct fishing since 2002. It has been five years since this prohibition, and it is of great ... future investigation on the distribution and population structure of Dissostichus spp.. A notification is ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/09 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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CCAMLR conservation measures: alternative approaches for fishery measures
Abstract: Conservation measures are an integral part of the Convention and are used for managing ... Antarctic marine living resources. Over the 17 years of their existence, conservation measures have grown in ... majority of the conservation measures adopted by the Commission deal with the management of fisheries, and ... most of these fishery measures are in force for a period of one year only. A review by the Secretariat ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/20 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Oil, paint, marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1997/98
Abstract: This report describes and quantifies the occurrence of oil, paint, marine debris and ... fishing gear associated with seabirds at South Georgia. In this, the fifth year of standardised recording ... , a marked increase in the quantity of plastic debris associated with seabirds was evident; quantities ... of fishing gear remained within the levels of previous years for all species (although the number of ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVII/BG/10 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Pursuit and polynyas in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
influence biological activity. We pursued daily transition of polynyas in the Ross Sea, Antarctica from 1978 ... through 1994 using images of sea ice concentrations by the satellite microwave observations. A typical ... polynya existed in the inner area of the Ross Sea in November of the each year. The shape of the polynya ... changed remarkably in several days. The polynyas have the range of approximately 500 km from the bottom to ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/31 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, T. Tanaka, Y. Okada, N. Kimura and S. Matsumura (Japan)
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Establishing a formal coordination group for CCAMLR
Abstract: Australia and the United Kingdom propose the establishment of a CCAMLR Bureau to ... coordinate the work of the Commission, Scientific Committee and relevant standing committees and working ... groups, among other benefits. This recognises the value of the Scientific Committee’s informal Vice ... Chairs and Conveners (VCAC) group in coordinating the work plan of the Scientific Committee. Furthermore ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/21 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and the United Kingdom
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Mincing, mealing and batching: waste management strategies aimed at reducing seabird interactions with trawl vessels
to a paste before it was discharged reduced the number of seabirds around the vessels. The first ... was determined by counting the number of birds within a 40m-radius semi-circular sweep zone behind the ... vessel stern. Results from the first experiment showed that mincing reduced the numbers of large ... albatross (Diomedea spp.) feeding around the vessel, but had no significant effect on other groups of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/42 : Author(s): E. Abraham and J. Pierre (New Zealand)
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Antarctic seafloor geomorphology as a guide to benthic bioregionalisation
features of the Antarctic continental margin and adjoining ocean basins at scales of 1:1-5 million. The ... of the shelf benthic communities recognised by a number of authors. For areas off the shelf, the ... study of sea floor geomorphology from the Antarctic is that there is enough data to available already to ... margin and surrounding oceans. Studies of shelf biota that have tried to link the physical environment ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/27 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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A krill–predator–fishery model for evaluating candidate management procedures
Statistical Area 48 amongst smaller spatial units in order to minimize the localized depletion of krill in ... necessary to evaluate these procedures in terms of their likely effects on krill and predator populations as ... well as fishery performance. This evaluation must be conducted in the context of considerable ... the performance of these procedures and their sensitivity to numerical and structural uncertainty. The ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/13 : Author(s): G.M. Watters, J.T. Hinke (USA), K. Reid and S. Hill (United Kingdom)
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Bridging the krill divide: understanding cross-sector objectives for krill fishing and conservation
identify constructive ways for the three sectors to work together. The issue of krill-fishing has ... . This included shared commitment to maintaining a healthy ecosystem and support for management of the ... krill fishery that minimises the risk of negative impacts on ecosystem health. Participants generally ... agreed that current levels of fishing have a low risk of significant impacts but that there is no need to ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIII/BG/34 : Author(s): United Kingdom, Norway, Chile, ASOC and ARK