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1. Fatty acids composition of spiny icefish Chaenodraco wilsoni in the Bransfield Strait and its implication to local food availability

   Abstract:  Spiny icefish (Chaenodraco wilsoni) is an important species of crocodile icefish native ... to the high-Antarctic of the Southern Ocean, including the Bransfield Strait. The water mass in the ... , more saline waters of the Weddell Sea over the broad continental shelf near d′Urville and Joinville ... Islands. The local food availability of C. wilsoni may be influenced by those waters. The fatty acids can ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/76 : Author(s): Q.Y. Yang, G.P. Zhu and K. Reid

2. Reproductive ecology of Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni (Norman, 1937) (Actinopterygii: Nototheniidae), in the Antarctic waters (SSRUs 58 and 88)

   Abstract:  Total numbers of Antarctic toothfish collected in the CCAMLR Conservation Zone were 600 ... fish which consist of 306 fish from the 58 area and 294 fish from the 88 area during February through ... higher total length. The ratio of female among the 857 specimens of Antarctic toothfish collected from ... was found to be 0.53, and displayed the tendency of increase with increase in the total length 140 cm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/65 : Author(s): J.-W. Kim, S.-G. Choi, S. Chung and D.H. An

3. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2003 winter and 2003/04 breeding season

   Abstract:  In the fourteenth consecutive winter of the survey at Bird Island, South Georgia, the ... number of entanglements increased by 56% compared to last year and the majority of injuries were ... classified as severe (71%). In contrast the sixteenth consecutive summer of reporting saw a decrease of 45 ... % compared to last year and was the lowest number of entanglements recorded since the first observations were ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. IDENTIFICATION OF DATA QUALITY METRICS FOR TAGGING DATA SELECTION

   Abstract:  The suite of data quality metrics introduced by Middleton & Dunn (2008) is examined ... to identify those metrics that are most informative with respect to the identification of good ... rates of recapture of tags released by the trip, and above-median tag recapture rates by the trip.A ... bootstrap analysis indicates that the range of data quality metrics associated with known good tagging data ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/19 : Author(s): D.A.J. Middleton and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

5. Larval fish distribution and abundance of the western Ross Sea

   carried out in the western Ross Sea in November-December 1994. The present study focused on improvement of ... the knowledge of the larval fish community in relation to its distribution and relative abundance. A ... specimens of twentyone species belonging to six families (Artedidraconidae, Bathydraconidae, Channichthyidae ... abundance of larval fish in the whole area was about 2.7 specimens / 1000 m3 of sea water filtered. The ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-95/11 : Author(s): Greco, S., la Mesa, M., Vacchi, M.

6. Proposal for a winter longline survey of Antarctic toothfish in Subarea 88.1 SSRUs B–C in 2016

   Ross Sea region to investigate spawning dynamics of Antarctic toothfish, as requested by the Scientific ... Committee in 2013. The longline survey is designed to cover key gaps in the knowledge of the life cycle of ... Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea by collecting biological samples from a range of ... to investigate the spawning timing and locations of Antarctic toothfish in the northern Ross Sea ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/47 : Author(s): S.J. Parker, S.M. Hanchet and R.J.C. Currey (New Zealand)

7. Approaches to evaluating and testing of CEMP methods for parameters A1, A5 and A7

   Abstract:  The methods and presentation of CEMP parameters A1, A5 and A7 where evaluated using ... simulated time-series data. The effects of sampling timing and intensity during five-day periods for ... measures of arrival and fledging mass suggested that situations where sampling is distributed unevenly ... description of foraging trip duration using the mean arising from a bimodal distribution of trip durations may ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/60 : Author(s): G. Watters (USA) and K. Reid (United Kingdom)

8. Atlas of top predators from French Southern Territories in the Southern Indian Ocean

   . Indeed, seabirds and seals are considered as good indicators of changes in ecosystems at differential ... mitigation actions and restricted protection of the sole coastal areas, are insufficient, especially for the ... seabirds and marine mammals forage. The first stage of most conservation planning is to identify areas that ... identify areas of high species richness (hotspots), focusing on threat level (endangered species). This ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/42 : Author(s): K. Delord, C. Barbraud, C.-A. Bost, Y. Cherel,C. Guinet and H. Weimerskirch

9. Information on krill in reports from the CCAMLR scheme of international observation and its utility for management

   Abstract:  A preliminary analysis of the 32 reports submitted under the CCAMLR Scheme of ... International Observation revealed that there are a number of inconsistencies in the information being reported ... . Few reports have been submitted each year with a maximum of eight submitted in 2005. Very little ... area 48.3. Information on fishing gear suggests great differences between vessels. Aspects of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/22 : Author(s): J. Foster, S. Nicol and S. Kawaguchi (Australia)

10. Update on the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)

    Abstract:  The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) entered into force ... on Sunday 1 February 2004. Six countries (Australia, New Zealand, Ecuador, Spain, the Republic of ... of threatened seabirds. The first Meeting of the Parties is to be held in Hobart, Australia, on 10—12 ... November 2004. The agenda for this meeting is prescribed under Article VIII of the Agreement, and will ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/51 : Author(s): B. Baker and T. Hewitt (Australia)

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