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Surface water masses, primary production, krill distribution and predator foraging in the vicinity of Elephant Island during the 1989-90 austral summer
Abstract: Four successive surveys of the pelagic marine environment were conducted over a 100-by ... were collected to describe the thermohaline structure, the distribution of phytoplankton biomass and ... primary productivity, the distribution and demography of krill, and the foraging patterns of krill ... predators. A hydrographic front, north of Elephant Island and aligned southwest-to-northeast, persisted ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-90/11 : Author(s): A.F. Amos, J.L. Bengtson, O. Holm-Hansen, V.J. Loeb, M.C. Macaulay and J.H. Wormuth (USA)
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Quantifying vessel performance in the CCAMLR tagging program: spatially and temporally controlled measures of relative mortality and tag-detection rates
CCAMLR of a number of toothfish fisheries in Antarctica, but the evaluation of tagging performance has ... been thus far inconclusive because the confounding effect of factors such as time and location of ... tagging, and size of fish tagged, makes meaningful comparisons between vessels difficult. We propose that ... can derive meaningful indices of relative performance of groups of fishing effort (e.g. vessel, trip ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/47 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S. Mormede and A. Dunn (New Zealand)
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AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS – REPORT TO AD HOC WG-IMAF
Abstract: The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels held the Third Session of ... its Meeting of the Parties from 27 April – 1 May 2009. Key outcomes of relevance to the Ad Hoc WG-IMAF ... were the adoption of the Advisory Committee’s Work Programme for 2010-2012 and the granting of approval ... for the ACAP Secretariat to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with CCAMLR. The proposed MoU has ...
Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-09/17 : Author(s): Submitted by ACAP
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Preliminary assessment of Dissostichus eleginoides on the Heard Island Plateau (Division 58.5.2) based on a survey in April–May 2003
Abstract: A preliminary assessment of yield of Patagonian Toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides ... result of a randomly stratified trawl survey completed between 16 April and 10 May 2003. The 2003 ... estimate of abundance of recruits indicates a continuation of a period relatively low recruitment since ... preliminary estimate of sustainable long-term yield assessed using the standard method. The preliminary ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/33 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, C.R. Davies, R. Williams and T. Lamb (Australia)
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The ‘CAML/SCAR-MarBIN Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean’
Abstract: The "CAML / SCAR-MarBIN Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean" Claude De ... of primary importance for monitoring biodiversity and detecting impacts of environmental changes ... , developing the bio/ecoregionalisation of the Southern Ocean, designing marine protected areas, conducting ... comparative biogeographic analyses or discovering marine biodiversity hotspots. At the end of five years of ...
Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/15 : Author(s): C. De Broyer (Belgium) and P. Koubbi (France)
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Comparative biological characteristics of Electrona carlsbergi (Tåning) (Myctophidae) from the notal and Antarctic areas in the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector
Abstract: Some biological peculiarities of E. carlsbergi from the Antarctic and notal areas of ... the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector have been studied on the basis of the data for 1987-1989. Mean ... length of fish from the Antarctic area increased while drifting eastward in the Antarctic circumpolar ... current waters. Fish specimens from 62 to 97 mm long were registered in catches. About 95% of specimens ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-90/21 : Author(s): K.V. Gorchinsky, V.M. Kiseleva and A.A. Filin (USSR)
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Fatty acid analysis to infer diet of Antarctic toothfish caught in February 2012 in the southern Ross Sea
south of SSRUs 881.J and 881.L in the southern Ross Sea, their lipid composition was determined and ... compared tolipid profiles of fish and invertebrate species taken as bycatch in the fishery or collected ... from stomachs of toothfish. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were also determined to further ... identify feeding relationships between these species. The aim of this study was to establish the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/61 : Author(s): I. Yeon, H.-S. Jo, C. Lim (Republic of Korea), S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand), D.-W. Lee and C.-K. Kang (Republic of Korea)
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Analysis of spatial and temporal structure in long-term krill fishery in the Area 48 and its relation to climate variability
Abstract: The authors analyzed the influence of climate changes on space-time dynamic of ... Antarctic krill fishery in the Area 48 using the CCAMLR fishery data and time series of ААО induces ... (Antarctic Oscillation Index) as the indication of climate variability. Here we used the methods of the ... integrated ecosystem assessment used by ICES and the modern de-nosing data methods. The influence of climate ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/50 : Author(s): P. Gasyukov and S. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Diet and feeding ecology of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix at South Georgia
Abstract: The diet of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix was studied ... Bird Island, South Georgia. The diet of both species was dominated by crustaceans. in particular ... euphausiids (mainly Euphausia superba and some ThysCll1oessa), which contributed 47-76% of the biomass of ... crustaceans in the diet of P. georgicus. and copepods, which contributed 71 % of the biomass of crustaceans in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/10 : Author(s): Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Hill, H.J., Edwards, T.M., Reid, K.
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Entanglement in man-made debris of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia
Abstract: The incidence of entanglement in man-made debris by Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus ... gazella) at Bird Island, South Georgia, was monitored throughout the austral winter and summer of 1990/91 ... as part of an ongoing study by the British Antarctic Survey. A minimum of 8 seals were sighted ... entangled, 7 (88%) of which had their neck collars removed, during the winter months (April – October ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-X/BG/05 : Author(s): Delegation of UK