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1. Foraging energetics of grey headed albatrosses Diomedea chrysostoma at Bird Island, South Georgia

   Abstract:  At-sea metabolism (C02 production) and water turnover of six breeding Grey-headed ... Georgia. Mean food consumption (estimated from a water influx rate of 1.01 l d-1 and data on dietary ... composition) was 1200 g d-1 or 50.4 W. At-sea metabolism (derived from a rate of CO2 production of 3.98 l h-1 ... ) times the predicted BMR. This is the lowest cost of flight yet measured, but consistent with the highly ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VII/BG/31 : Author(s): D.P. Costa (USA) and P.A. Prince (United Kingdom)

2. Problems and prospects for the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources twenty years on

   Abstract:  Twenty years after its adoption, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine ... considering the impact of existing or proposed fisheries on the entire ecosystem, rather than on just the ... harvested species. However, the recent picture of fisheries activities within the Convention area suggests a ... discussed below, but the roots of that problem (and the structural problems that have contributed to ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/BG/18 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

3. Age Determination of Notothenia gibberifrons from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula Subarea (Subarea 48.1)

   localities of the South Shetland Islands (Low I. and Potter Cove, 25 De Mayo I./King George). Samples were ... composed by small and medium size fishes (14.8-38 cm of total length). Otolith and scale readings have been ... compared in 19 Potter specimens. In some of them scale readings resulted one year greater. This could arise ... lower than the ones reported previously for specimens of South Bay, Palmer Archipelago. Possible reasons ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-88/15 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro (Argentina)

4. Pygoscelid penguins vulnerabilities to spatio-temporal changes of the krill fisheries in the Antarctic Peninsula

   its turn, is reflected in penguin population dynamics. The increased concentration of fishing ... activities in this area in the last two to three decades is believed to have feedbacked the impacts of ... climate change over penguin populations. We used almost 40 years of data on fishing activities and on ... decreased consistently the population growth rate of penguins: very high catches and very low values of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/10 : Author(s): L. Krüger, F. Santacruz, L. Rebolledo and C. Cárdenas

5. Ecoregionalisation of the Kerguelen and Crozet islands oceanic zone. Part II: The Crozet oceanic zone

   Abstract:  This report is a presentation of environmental information on the Crozet oceanic zone ... . The natural reserve is actually limited to the 12 nautical miles surrounding 4 islands of the ... oceanic zone (Koubbi et al., 2012). This report is gives: 1.    A summary of the ecological ... characteristics of the Crozet oceanic zone on:-        Pelagic and benthic biodiversity,-        Marine birds and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/54 : Author(s): P. Koubbi, C. Mignard, R. Causse, O. Da Silva, A. Baudena, C. Bost, C. Cotté, F. D'Ovidio, A. Della Penna, K. Delord, S. Fabri-Ruiz, M. Ferrieux, C. Guinet, C. Lo Monaco, T. Saucède and H. Weimerskirch

6. Chilean National Plan of Action: second step completed

   Abstract:  The development of the National Plan of Acton for Reducing the Incidental Catch of ... Plan of Action: second step completed Approval:  Approved ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/38 : Author(s): C.A. Moreno (Chile) and J. Arata (USA)

7. SUMMARY OF VME NOTIFICATIONS MADE UNDER CONSERVATION MEASURES 22-06 AND 22-07

   -07 in the case of encounters with potential VMEs during the course of bottom fishing, and under CM 22 ... registry. Since 2008, the Secretariat has received a total of 32 notifications of encounters with VMEs ... consideration (WG-EMM-11/10). Since 2008, the Secretariat has also received a total of 112 VME-indicator ... Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a and 58.4.3b. The VME-indicator notifications has led to the declaration of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/07 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Review of biological parameters for Ross Sea skates

   Abstract:  Biological parameters were reviewed and updated for the two main species of skates ... . Differences in length-weight relationships among regions raise doubt about the conspecificity of A. georgiana ... from the Ross Sea and South Georgia, and of B. cf. eatonii from the Ross Sea and Heard Island and the ... (TL). The length at maturity of females is not well determined but is probably in the range 95–100 cm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/31 : Author(s): M.P. Francis (New Zealand)

9. Review of CCAMLR activities on monitoring marine debris in the Convention Area

   Abstract:  The current status of national surveys on monitoring of marine debris and their impact ... period 1994-1996 at Bird Island and Signy Island, but have declined thereafter. The level of marine ... part of the debris associated with seabird colonies. Marine mammal (Antarctic fur seal) entanglements ... were reported for the first time from Cape Shirreff. The number of Antarctic Fur seal entanglements at ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/11 : Author(s): Secretariat

10. Foraging location and range of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis breeding in the south Atlantic

    Abstract:  The foraging range and principal feeding areas of White-chinned Petrels breeding at ... both periods of the breeding season and during day and night. Between incubation shifts. White-chinned ... . Dispersal of adults after breeding failure was south to the South Orkney Islands then west to the Falkland ... Islands. This study confirms that breeding White-chinned Petrels are amongst the widest-ranging of ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/25 : Author(s): S.D. Berrow, A.G. Wood and P.A. Prince (United Kingdom)

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