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Descriptive analysis of mesopelagic backscatter from acoustic data collected in the Ross Sea
Abstract: This report presents results from a pilot study to investigate the use of acoustics to ... quantify spatial and vertical distribution of acoustic backscatter in the upper 1000 m of the water column ... . There were clear spatial patterns in the amount and type of mesopelagic backscatter observed. There was ... much more backscatter in the upper 1000 m and a wider variety of mark types north of 67° S. Common mark ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/11 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)
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Shedding new light on the life cycle of mackerel icefish in the Southern Ocean
Atlantic and Indian Ocean sectors of the low-Antarctic region. Biological characteristics differ ... after they have spawned for 2 – 3 times. The number of eggs produced per gram of body weight is higher ... in the north. Stocks have declined in most parts of the distributional range due to the impact of ... fishing and due to natural causes. Increases in populations of Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/4 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock (Germany) and I. Everson (United Kingdom)
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Environmental response of upper trophic level predators reveals a system change in an Antarctic marine ecosystem
environment have significant potential to affect populations of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba, a keystone ... Georgia. Indices of population size and reproductive performance showed declines in all species and an ... increase in the frequency of years of low reproductive output. Changes in the population structure of krill ... , and its relationship with reproductive performance, suggest that the biomass of krill within the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/21 : Author(s): K. Reid and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)
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Terra Nova Bay: hot spot in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, knowledge and functioning of the ecosystem
Abstract: The Terra Nova Bay area is particularly valuable for science due to the presence of ... . From an oceanographic perspective, the area is characterised by the occurrence of the Terra Nova Bay ... polynya, a crucial region for the formation of the High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW), formed by the ... salination of the Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), that penetrates onto the continental shelf of the Ross Sea ...
Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/14 : Author(s): S. Torcini, M. Vacchi, S. Aliani, G. Bavestrello, A. Bergamasco, G. Budillon, B. Calcinai, G. Catalano, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, C. Cerrano, M. Chiantore, S. Corsolini, R. Bargagli, A. Dell’Anno, G. di Prisco, G. Fusco, S. Focardi, L. Gugliemo, G. Lauriano, P. Luporini, O. Mangoni, S. Olmastroni, F. Pezzo, E. Pisano, L. Ghigliotti, P. Povero, S. Puce, A. Pusceddu, E. Rusciano, M. Saggiomo, V. Saggiomo, M.C. Gambi, S. Schiaparelli, G. Spezie, C. Verde, P. Del Negro (Italy)
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Preliminary assessment of toothfish in Subarea 48.3
Abstract: As with the 2009 assessment of Subarea 48.3, there is still uncertainty as to why there ... were high numbers of the 2001 cohort in commercial catches in 2009 onwards. It is likely that it is ... due to a combination of a strong 2001 cohort and a change in selectivity for the commercial fleet, but ... it has not been possible to determine the relative importance of each explanation. Median log-normal ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/33 Rev. 1 : Author(s): T. Peatman, R.E. Mitchell, G. Parkes and D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom)
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Reproduction in the Antarctic icefish Champsocephalus gunnari and its implications for fisheries management in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Abstract: Available information on key reproductive parameters of Champsocephalus gunnari has ... been reviewed and discussed in the light of existing conservation measures. Length at first spawning is ... the other South Atlantic fishing grounds. Spawning activities of Champsocephalus gunnari and those of ... other exploited species could be best protected by the establishment of permanent closed fishing season ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of Federal Republic of Germany
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The state of exploited fish stocks in the Southern Ocean - a review
until the season 1989/90. About two thirds of the catches have been taken in the Atlantic Ocean sector ... Indian Ocean sector. The fishery is regulated under the auspices of the Convention on the ‘Conservation ... of Antarctic Marine Living Resources’ (CCAMLR) for rile whole Southern Ocean since 1982 and under ... most heavily affected by fishing are those of Notothenia rossii in both sectors, Notothenia squamifrons ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-X/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany
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First Annual Report of the CCAMLR Otolith Network, 2002
Abstract: This report presents results from the first exchange of otoliths under the auspices of ... , from 23 to 27 July 2001. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Nelson, New Zealand ... ; Central Ageing Facility, Victoria Australia; and CQFE, each provided a sample of otoliths, processing and ... reading one randomly chosen otolith from each pair. Half of the remaining otoliths were sent to each of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/51
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THE DIET OF THE ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH IN THE ROSS SEA
Abstract: This brief review documents the species composition of prey consumed by the Antarctic ... by both frequency of occurrence and dry weight. P. antarcticum is 71% by occurrence and 89% by weight ... deep oceanic waters (60-70°S) north of the shelf break the diversity of pelagic and epipelagic fishes ... is low. Here the diet of D. mawsoni consists of relatively small squid of at least six different ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/16 : Author(s): J.T. Eastman and A.L. DeVries (USA)
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Quantitative stock survey and some biological and morphometric characteristics of the deep-sea red crab Geryon quinquedens off south west Africa
Abstract: In order to assess the abundance of the red crab Geryon quinquedens, two otter-trawl ... bimodal frequency distribution of female crabs was evident with modal sizes at 7.7 cm and 8.7 cm carapace ... processing the live material to a cooked frozen product, red crab is subject to a mass loss of about 54 per ... cent. Analysis of stomach contents by volume showed that only 12 per cent of male stomachs contained 5 ...
Meeting Document : WS-CRAB-93/22 : Author(s): C.J. De B. Beyers and C.G. Wilke (South Africa)