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1. Factors affecting the number and mortality of seabirds attending trawlers and longliners in the Kerguelen area

   Abstract:  The factors affecting the number and the mortality of seabirds attending long-liners ... ), based on observations carried out onboard by dedicated observers. Twenty-four species of seabirds were ... mainly according to the year, the cloud cover and the presence of offal for long-liners. The dumping of ... offal increased the numbers of birds attending the vessel, especially when offals can be handled easily ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/26 : Author(s): H. Weimerskirch, D. Capdeville and G. Duhamel (France)

2. Preliminary acoustic results from the New Zealand IPY-CAML survey of the Ross Sea region in February-March 2008

   Ross Sea region in support of the International Polar Year Census of Antarctic Marine Life (IPY-CAML ... ). The 50 day voyage on the research vessel Tangaroa involved an extensive survey of marine organisms ... , and from the continental shelf and slope of the Ross Sea to unexplored seamounts and abyssal plains ... trawls were carried out at randomly selected locations over the shelf as part of the core biodiversity ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-09/05 : Author(s): R. O’Driscoll, G. Macaulay, S. Gauthier, M. Pinkerton and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)

3. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) by man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2005 winter and 2005/06 breeding season

   Abstract:  Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... reported here. Two entanglements were observed in the winter, a decrease of 60% from the previous year, and ... the lowest number seen since records began in 1990. One of these involved a male pup entangled in ... individual involved. In contrast there was double the number of observed entanglements during summer of 2005 ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. CCAMLR measures regulating the tagging of Dissostichus species, metrics used to assess vessel tagging performance, the potential for some anomalous results, and general recommendations on tagging; a view from the hauling room

   performance measures implemented by CCAMLR to control and monitor the tagging of toothfish (Dissostichus ... first season of implementation we describe several circumstances which will cause anomalies in the tag ... distribution of Dissostichus species within the assessed management division (ASD) or changes in the tagging ... rate within sub areas of the assessed ASD.  The current level of two tonnes of Dissostichus catch ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/50 : Author(s): J.M. Fenaughty (New Zealand) and J. Brown (United Kingdom)

5. TEMPORAL CLARIFICATION OF THE TRANSITION FROM BLUE PHASE FINGERLING TO EARLY JUVENILE BROWN PHASE IN NOTOTHENIA ROSSII FROM THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

   Abstract:  Scales and whole otoliths were read for age determination of early stages of Notothenia ... rossii caught in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, in summer of years 2003-2006 and 2008. The sample ... was composed by blue phase fingerlings of 7-7.6 cm (TL) and age group 0 year and demersal young brown ... phase juveniles of 8.5-20.9 cm and predominant age groups 1-2 years. Counting of sclerites facilitated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/32 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro, E. Moreira, N. Alescio and E. Marschoff (Argentina)

6. Identification of Pleuragramma antarctica larvae in the Ross Sea via mitochondrial DNA

   Abstract:  Research into the early life stages of Pleuragramma antarctica is essential to ... understanding how oceanographic variation will impact spatial distributions over time. The recent findings of ... , length and growth data for larvae found in the western and eastern Ross Sea during the austral summer of ... genomic DNA from a sample of these larvae and, using fish universal primers, amplified part of the 16S ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/61 : Author(s): J.A. Caccavo (Italy), C. Brooks (USA), L. Zane (Italy) and J.R. Ashford (USA)

7. Distributions and predator-prey interactions of macaroni penguins, Antarctic fur seals, and Antarctic krill near Bird Island, South Georgia

   Abstract:  We studied the distributions, abundances and interactions of macaroni penguins Eudyptes ... . Simultaneous surveys of marine birds, Antarctic fur seals and Antarctic krill were conducted along a series of ... transects radiating from the breeding colonies of the vertebrate predators. We examined the relationships ... between the distributions of predators and their prey with respect to the abundance of krill in the water ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/12 : Author(s): G.L. Hunt, Jr (USA), D. Heinemann (USA) and I. Everson (United Kingdom)

8. Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua diet as an indicator of planktonic availability in the Kerguelen Islands

   Abstract:  Since penguins rely on the main planktonic resources of the Southern Ocean, knowledge ... of their diet may be used for monitoring these resources. During winter and spring of 1987 and 1989 ... , we investigated the composition of the diet of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua, in relation to ... changes in the availability of two prey species, Euphausia vallentini and Themisto gaudichaudii, sampled ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/11 : Author(s): C.A. Bost, P. Koubbi, F. Genevois, L. Ruchon and V. Ridoux (France)

9. Distribution of krill (Euphausia superba Dana) catches in the South Shetlands and South Orkneys

   Abstract:  Zones of 20 km width are defined around selected colonies of penguins distributed ... around the coasts of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands. Krill catches in these zones are shown ... , probably as a result of more variable hydrographic conditions. About 50% of the catch in Subarea 48.1 from ... December to March was taken within 40 km of the coast, and 90% within 80 km in all years 1988-1990. In 1987 ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-92/19 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew (Secretariat)

10. Selectivity of standard polish commercial trawl codends on Antarctic fishing grounds

    = 100 mm, made of double twines with a thickness of 4.2 mm. The studies covered 6 major fish species. 1 ... during trawling, although the effectiveness of this process- especially in the latter case- is not ... tendency to pass through meshes of the codend than Antarctic icefish and bumphead notothenia. 3. The ... solution to the problem of ensuring selectivity of codends at a sufficiently good level seems possible as a ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/11 : Author(s): J. Zaucha (Poland)

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