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A PRELIMINARY BALANCED TROPHIC MODEL OF THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA, WITH EMPHASIS ON APEX PREDATORS
Abstract: We report on the development of a mass balanced carbon-budget trophic model of the Ross ... Sea as a step towards investigating ecosystem effects of the fishery for Antarctic toothfish ... (Dissostichus mawsoni). The model has 30 trophic groups representing all the major biota of the Ross Sea. Many ... of the lower trophic level species in the model are grouped by functional role because information is ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/42 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, J.M. Bradford-Grieve and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Swimming speed and allocation of time during the dive cycle of Antarctic fur seals
Abstract: During sustained bouts of diving, predators like fur seals may adjust the time they ... between dives. To examine this, swimming speeds and the time allocated to different parts of the dive ... foraging at sea. Mean swimming speeds during diving ranged from 1.32 to 1.99 ms-1 and 90% of diving ... swimming speeds within individuals were between 1 and 2.5 ms-1. This represented a narrower range of speed ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/25 : Author(s): Bevan, R.M., Boyd, I.L., Reid, K.
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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) - Version 2015 - Part C: Data analysis and MPA scenario development
EMM) the background document that provides the scientific basis for the evaluation of a marine ... protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. The contents and structure of the whole document ... reflect its main objectives, i.e. to set out the general context of the establishment of MPAs and to ... data retrieval process (Part B), and to describe the results of the scientific analyses and the MPA ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/46 : Author(s): K. Teschke, H. Pehlke, M. Deininger, L. Douglass and T. Brey on behalf of the German Weddell Sea MPA project team
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Incidences of gillnet fishing in the Convention Area reported through the Scheme of International Scientific Observation
Abstract: Observers deployed in terms of the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific ... Observation are required to record incidences of IUU fishing. Since the CCAMLR 2003/4 season 15 reports of IUU ... on some of the fishing grounds in this area. These reports are supported by both photographic ... evidence of vessels hauling gillnets and sections of gillnet retrieved by licensed longliners. Author(s ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVI/BG/30 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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Cruise report of multidisciplinary ecosystem survey in the eastern Indian sector of the Antarctic (CCAMLR Division 58.4.1) with a focus on Antarctic krill during 2018/19 season by the Japanese survey vessel, Kaiyo-maru
Abstract: A multidisciplinary ecosystem survey in the eastern Indian sector of the Antarctic ... season for 53 days. The survey consisted of 2 survey periods: Leg 1 (from 15 December 2018 to January ... predetermined and 29 targeted stations with combination of both at 3 stations). SUIT tows were carried out at 28 ... , 120 and 200 kHz) data to estimate biomass of Antarctic krill were recorded along predetermined ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/42 : Author(s): H. Murase, K. Abe, R. Matsukura, H. Sasaki, R. Driscoll, S. Driscoll, F. Schaafsma, M. van Regteren, Q. Yang, H. Ohshima, K. Ohshima, R. Sugioka, J. Tong, N. Yamamoto, H. Doiguchi, E. Briggs, K. Doi, D. Hirano, K. Katsumata, M. Kiuchi, Y. Ko, D. Nomura, M. Orui, H. Sato, S. Toyoda, K. Yamazaki, T. Ishihara, K. Hamabe, S. Kumagai, T. Miyashita, N. Yamada, Y. Koyama and H. Sasaki
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Krill biomass estimates for two survey boxes to the north east and north-west of South Georgia in January 1996: the beginning of a five-year monitoring program
over the shelf-break to the north-east and north-west of South Georgia. Surveys were conducted from RRS ... -annual variability in the abundance of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the South Georgia region ... -east of Cumberland Bay and encompassed Charlotte Bank, an area where historically whale catches were ... high and where numerous observations of elevated krill abundance have been made. Box 2 was located to ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/18 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Murray, A.W.A., Brierley, A.S.
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Some notes on by-catch of fishes caught by the fishery vessel Niitaka Maru in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (December 2000 to January 2001)
by F/V Niitaka Maru (3910t) were made from 16 December 2000 to 26 January 2001 in the vicinity of the ... % of hauls sampled for by-catch and 51.2% of those contained fish. P. antarcticum and C. gunnari were ... which constitute 63.4% of hauls contained by-catch fish and a high degree of spatotemporal dissociation ... among juveniles of different species was recognized. The by-catch data of the present survey provided a ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/50 : Author(s): T. Iwami, S. Kawaguchi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Results of Phase I and II of the research program for toothfish fishery in Subarea 88.3 during the 2010/11–2011/12 seasons
Abstract: In 2011 and 2012 in Subarea 88.3 research fishing of toothfish has been conducted by ... 2336 m. Total number of set hooks amounted 171096. In 2011 research fishing covered SSRU B, C and D ... research fishing data contributes to the achievement of the main objectives of research for the data-poor ... area: estimate of number index, evaluation of fishing potential of Subarea 88.3, preparation of ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-12/05 : Author(s): A.F. Petrov, V.A. Tatarnikov, K.V. Shust, I.I. Gordeev, E.F. Kulish (Russia)
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REPORT ON A LONGLINE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE FV JANAS IN MAY 2008 ON BANZARE BANK, AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF DISSOSTICHUS SPP. IN DIVISION 58.4.3B
Abstract: In May 2008, a randomised longline survey, consisting of 15 standardised sets over 2 ... strata covering areas of commercial fishing activity was conducted from aboard the Australian flagged ... across the majority of the surveyed area. Catches of toothfish consisted of both species of Dissostichus ... shallow areas on the western part of the Bank. Data on size distribution and size at maturity indicate ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/57 : Author(s): D. Welsford, T. Robertson and G. Nowara (Australia)
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Breeding biology and diet of pintado petrels Daption capense at Bouvetøya during the summer of 1996/97
Abstract: A study on the breeding biology and diet of Pintado Petrels Daption capense was ... success for the total 300 pairs of breeding Pintado Petrels at Nyrøysa was 59 %. Three study colonies were ... was 85 %. Rates of failure were higher during the chick stage than in the egg stage for both of these ... parents (guard period) was 14 days. The length of the guard period was negatively related to the date of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/56 : Author(s): Isaksen, K., Huyser, O., Dyer, B.M., Cooper, J., Ryan, P.