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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
justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In ... documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment of ... the means and the results of the scientific analyses and the development of objectives and priority ... areas for a Weddell Sea MPA. Here, the delegation of Germany intends to update the Scientific Committee ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/17 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany
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Horizontal flux of secondary production in the southern ocean food web: current velocity data and the transport of krill in the South Georgia ecosystem
Abstract: The transport of secondary production in the Southern Ocean food-web was investigated ... using a combination of physical model data and ship based biological data. The physical current velocity ... dataset was from FRAM and was used to derive a mean velocity field for the upper 250m of the water column ... . These have been combined with estimates of krill density and standing stocks to consider the flux of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/65 : Author(s): Everson, I.E., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J.
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Some notes on by-catch of fishes and salps caught by the fishery vessel Niitaka Maru in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (January to February 1999)
fisheries by F/V Niitaka Maru were made from 3 January to 4 February 1999 in the vicinity of the South ... Shetland Islands. Among 74 net hauls quantitatively examined, only a total of 5 specimens of juvenile ... hauls and those estimated value was 20 to 3560 ind./t of krill. By-catch fishes fed on Thysanoessa ... macrura and Euphausia superba was not found in their stomachs. Abundance of salps in krill catches could ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/54 : Author(s): T. Iwami, S. Kawaguchi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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History of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM (2001–2003)
Abstract: A history of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM is summarised ... for the period from 2001 to 2003 (SC-CAMLR-XXI, Annex 4, paragraph 6.41). This is a new series of ... records since the adoption by WG-EMM in 2001 of a new five-year plan of work. A history of tasks for the ... period from 1995 to 2001 is archived in WG-EMM-02/12. Author(s): Secretariat Title: History of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/13 : Author(s): Secretariat
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Fishes in pelagic catches in the vicinity of the South Shetland Island during the 6th Antarctic expedition of rv Kaiyo Maru, 1990/1991
Abstract: During the 6th Antarctic Expedition of R/V Kaiyo Maru (1990/1991), observations on the ... occurrence and abundance of fishes in a total of 102 pelagic hauls for the Antarctic krill were made. Of the ... 102 net hauls, a total of 104 fishes belonging to 4 families and 16 species were captured in 25 tows ... Cryodraco antarcticus was the next (14 individuals; 13.5% in number). The standard length of L. larseni ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/50 : Author(s): T. Iwami, T. Ichii, H. Ishii and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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The importance of Antarctic Toothfish as prey of Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea: a Review
Abstract: Uncertainty exists over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as ... prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We herein assess relative weight given to direct, observational ... evidence of prey taken, as opposed to indirect evidence from scat and biochemical analysis, and conclude ... of large toothfish and therefore they are not detected in scat or stomach samples; biochemical ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P02 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley and D.B. Siniff
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REVISION OF CCAMLR’S SYSTEM OF INSPECTION
proposes that the Commission update its own System of Inspection to better support the wide range of strong ... , unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. CCAMLR’s System of Inspection has not undergone significant ... Convention Area, reflective of the significant operational, technological, and legal advancements in ... fisheries enforcement that have occurred during that time as well as the increased recognition of the threat ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/40 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA
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Stable isotope analysis of tissue samples to investigate trophic linkages of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross and Amundsen Sea regions
Abstract: Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen (δ 15 N and δ 13 C) in Antarctic toothfish ... (Dissostichus mawsoni) muscle were measured to study the trophic connections of Antarctic toothfish in the Ross ... samples each of four by-catch species (grenadiers, icefish, moray cods and deep-sea cod) were also ... analysed, but only from the Ross Sea region. Appropriate corrections were made to account for the effect of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/50 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, S.J Bury, J.C.S. Brown, J. Forman and A. Kilimnik (New Zealand)
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A brief review of information relevant to the establishment of a Krill Research Zone within the proposed Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area
Abstract: At the close of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... Region Marine Protected Area (RSRMPA) that included the addition of a Krill Research Zone (KRZ). A ... central aim of the proposed KRZ is to enhance research opportunities within the RSRMPA. To provide a ... , focusing primarily on krill and krill-dependent predators. Here we provide a summary of that review, which ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/49 : Author(s): E.S. Klein and G.M. Watters
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ANNUAL CHANGES IN SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE OF BY-CATCH FISH COLLECTED BY JAPANESE KRILL SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS IN THE NORTH OF SOUTH GEORGIA (CCAMLR SUBAREA 48.3), DURING AUSTRAL WINTER FROM 2002 TO 2008
Abstract: Species composition and abundance of by-catch fish were analyzed using the fish by ... north of South Georgia during the austral winter from 2002 to 2008. A total of 19 species belonging to 8 ... most abundant. Different life stages of K. anderssoni, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, C. gunnari and L ... around South Georgia. The length frequency distribution of C. gunnari varied with years and may indicate ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/40 : Author(s): T. Iwami, K. Taki and M. Kiyota (Japan)