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1. Improvements to the multiple-frequency method for in situ target strength measurements

   to improve the accuracy and precision of in-situ target strength (TS) measurements using split-beam ... improves the rejection of unresolvable and constructively interfering target multiples by combining ... synchronized signals from two or more adjacent split-beam transducers of different frequencies which are not ... integer multiples of each other. In this study, the method itself was improved by: 1) optimizing the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/38 : Author(s): D.A. Demer (USA) and M.A. Soule (South Africa)

2. UPDATED BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR THE ANTARCTIC STARRY SKATE, AMBLYRAJA GEORGIANA, FROM THE ROSS SEA

   Abstract:  Photographs of skates taken by observers on New Zealand toothfish longliners in the ... Ross Sea were identified to species. Sample sizes were small, but indicated a ratio of 10.75:1 of ... of tagged skates. Biological parameters were reviewed and updated for Amblyraja georgiana. Revised ... relationships differ significantly. Better estimates of median length at maturity were made possible through a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/20 : Author(s): M.P. Francis and S. Mormede (New Zealand)

3. Has climate change promoted genetic fragmentation in the ice-dependent fish Pleuragramma antarcticum?

   genetic study investigated the population structure of this species, but used mitochondrial DNA sequencing ... and was unable to discriminate between hypotheses of panmixia, with occasional fluctuations of gene ... investigate the population structure of P. antarcticum along the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) shelf, a region of ... Antarctica highly impacted by regional warming. We found a single gene pool and an absence of inter-annual ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/67 : Author(s): C. Agostini, T. Patarnello (Italy), J. Ashford, J. Torres (USA) and L. Zane (Italy)

4. KPFM2, be careful what you ask for – you just might get it

   the WG-EMM in 2005. The new version of our model is called KPFM2, and we have addressed all four of ... allocation of catch among the SSMUs (i.e., add seasonality, consider alternative movement hypotheses, add ... distribution of simulated catch to the distribution of historical catch). We have added a substantial number of ... other features to the model as well. Many of these features were suggested to us at the 2005 meeting of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/22 : Author(s): G.M. Watters, J.T. Hinke (USA), K. Reid and S. Hill (United Kingdom)

5. PHYSICAL CONTROLS ON CORAL COMMUNITIES ON THE GEORGE V LAND SLOPE: SOME WORKING HYPOTHESES

   their likely distribution. The CEAMARC survey of 2007/2008 found these communities at sites on the upper ... slope in depths of 570 – 950 m. Based on these results we propose some working hypotheses to explain ... their distribution. Icebergs scour to 500 m in this region and the lack of such disturbance is probably ... a factor allowing growth of rich benthic ecosystems. In addition, the richest communities are found ...

   Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/04 : Author(s): De Santis, L., Riddle, M.J., Beaman, R.J., Post, A.L., O’Brien, P.E.

6. Progress report on the Korean research fishing by longline fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 88.3 in 2015/16

   2016 in 2015/16 fishing season. The total number of days fished are 41 of 76 days stayed in the fishing ... grounds. The total catch of D. mawsoni was 106,241 kg with 5,227 individuals, and their CPUE recorded 0.19 ... kg/hook. 566 individuals of D. mawsoni were tagged and released. Tagging rate and tag overlap ... statistics in Subarea 88.3 were 5.3 and 82%, respectively. Length frequency of D. mawsoni had two peaks and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-16/29 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea

7. Phase-randomisation in an integrated assessment model for Antarctic krill

   Abstract:  An integrated model was configured to estimate eighteen different subsets of 119 total ... parameters in alternative configurations of a model assessing the status and productivity of Antarctic krill ... 48.1, a statistical reporting area used by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine ... Living Resources (CCAMLR). The number of estimated parameters was gradually increased across model ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-17/31 : Author(s): D. Kinzey, G.M. Watters and C.S. Reiss

8. Publications

   . CCAMLR Brochure (6.95 MB). This brochure is designed to increase awareness of CCAMLR's activities ... , objectives and achievements to date. Annual publications The Commission report contains the record of the ... of Antarctic marine living resources. The Conservation measures are binding on all Members and apply ... terms and methods that are used for the collection of data by vessels in CCAMLR Longline fisheries ...

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9. Protected Areas

   representative network of marine protected areas by 2012 Recommendation Responsible body Activities to date ... Status 2.4.3.1 The RP recommended that CCAMLR takes steps towards the designation of MPAs, including high ... -seas areas within CCAMLR waters, as a matter of urgency. SC/ Commission (2008) SC-CAMLR-XXVII ... -XXVIII, paragraph 12.86 adoption of the South Orkney Southern Shelf MPA; (2009) SC-CAMLR-XXVIII ...

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10. Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2002/03

    and size categories. A total of 54 items weighing 27.36kg were collected. The number of items found ... was the largest since 1999/00 and the total mass of the waste recovered was the highest recorded since ... 1994/95 (an increase of 38% and 7% since 2001/02 respectively). There was an increase in the number of ... /94. Such a continued increase in the number of these packaging bands found indicates that the ban on ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXII/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

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