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Summary fact sheets for bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean – examples from the Indian Ocean sector (Area 58)
Abstract: Factsheets outlining the physical and biological attributes of selected sectors of the ... CCAMLR convention area are presented. An overview of CCAMLR Area 58 (Indian Ocean Sector) illustrates ... bathymetry and major oceanographic features (fronts and sea ice extent) and describes the findings of the ... provide details of bathymetry, physical oceanography, cryosphere, geomorphology and benthic & pelagic ...
Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/9 : Author(s): K. Martin-Smith, P. O’Brien, B. Raymond and A. Constable (Australia)
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Notification of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in Statistical Area 58.4.1
Abstract: Conservation Measure 22-06 was adopted to ensure that significant adverse impacts of ... requirements of CM 22-06 a method is proposed to notify CCAMLR of the presence of VMEs and their location using ... this form from Statistical Area 58.4.1, SSRU H. The use of 5 nm buffer zones around the location of the ... observations is proposed to mitigate the risk of spatial uncertainty in the notified position and the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/38 : Author(s): Submitted by Australia
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Shifts in the demersal fish community of South Georgia
Abstract: The heavily exploited fish stocks of South Georgia have been declining since the early ... 1970's. Use of a non-parametric method revealed a significant change in this community from the ... 1986/87 survey to the 1987/88 survey. This change was the result of reductions in the abundance of ... Champsocephalus gunnari and Notothenia squamifrons, and the increased presence of Pseudochaenichthys georgianus ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/24 : Author(s): United States of America
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A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2006/07
years in Subarea 88.1 and for five years in Subarea 88.2. This report summarises the large amount of ... the second highest on record with a total of 3431 t against a combined catch limit of 3579 t. The ... management of the SSRUs within the two subareas was changed for the 2006 season as part of a 3-year ... experiment (SC-CAMLR-XXIV). One of the aims of the experiment was to simplify the administration of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/28 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson and A. Dunn (New Zealand)
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Interactions between seabirds and deep water hake trawl gear: an assessment of impacts in South African waters 2004/05
Abstract: This study estimates the mortality of seabirds in the South African deep water hake ... trawl fishery. Observations of interactions between seabirds and trawl gear were made on 331 trawls ... frequently, with Shy Albatrosses comprising 43% and Black-browed Albatrosses 37% of birds killed. Small ... numbers of White-chinned Petrels (10%), Cape Gannets (7%) and Sooty Shearwaters (3%) also were killed ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/41 : Author(s): B.P. Watkins, S.L. Petersen and P.G. Ryan (South Africa)
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Longline sink rates of an autoline vessel, and notes on seabird interactions
Abstract: A series of longline sink-rate trials were conducted with and without weights, from an ... , and the design was refined during the voyage. The aerial section of the tori line appeared to provide ... an effective deterrent to most seabirds. Statistical analyses of the data from the line sink rate ... of the attached weights. Data on line sink rate and tori line coverage suggest that quicker line sink ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/44 : Author(s): N.W.McL. Smith (New Zealand)
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Revised research plan for the 2015/16 exploratory longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. with special reference to the information on spawning dynamics in Division 58.4.3a
Abstract: The current season (2014/15) is the final one of the first three-season research which ... numbers of tag recaptures from the estimated stock sizes using the Petersen method were generally ... results in other regions in the Southern Indian Ocean. The stock seems to be self-sustainable because of ... the existence of fish with advanced gonadal indices in the slope area and recruitment of small sized ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/19 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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The structure and spatial distribution of Antarctic krill aggregations from acoustic observation in the South Georgia area
Abstract: Results of acoustic surveys carried out in winter months of 2000 and 2002 demonstrate ... significant distinctions in spatial distribution patterns of krill in the northwestern and the northeastern ... parts of South Georgia area. The boundary between two areas is located at about 37°30/ W. It is shown ... that in winter months in the northwestern part where foraging areas of dependent predators are located ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/66 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.M. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Horizontal and vertical distribution and demography of euphausiids in the Ross Sea and its adjacent waters in 2004/2005
Abstract: The horizontal and vertical distribution and population structure of euphausiids in the ... Ross Sea and its adjacent waters were investigated during the summers of 2004/2005 using stratified ... towed samples. Nine species of euphausiids occurred in the survey area. Among them, Euphausia triacantha ... was dominant in biomass north of the southern boundary of the Antarctic circumpolar current (SB ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P10 : Author(s): K. Taki, T. Yabuki, Y. Noiri, T. Hayashi and M. Naganobu
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ESTIMATING THE SWEPT AREA OF DEMERSAL LONGLINES BASED ON IN-SITU VIDEO FOOTAGE
, the section of line visible to the camera swept sideways, interacting with sessile benthic organisms ... before leaving the seafloor. Based on an estimate of the rate of sideways movement, the total time ... sideways movement occurred before the line lifted off the seafloor, the total length of the line and the ... total time to retrieve the line, we estimate that up to 0.122 km2 of seafloor was swept by the line ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/58 : Author(s): D. Welsford and R. Kilpatrick (Australia)