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1. CDS Implementation and Data Analysis

   the CDS. CDS reports of catches outside the Convention Area have increased in 2018. The Secretariat ... contacted 16 NCPs to seek their engagement in the CDS in 2019. Analyses of the trends and supply chains in ... the CDS data was undertaken for 2018 and 2019. Across both years Chile had the greatest number of DCDs ... landings and exports and greatest quantity of exports (4 644 tonnes and 2 539 tonnes). For both years ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-38/BG/10 Rev. 2 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

2. Fishing gear, oil and marine debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1993/94

   Abstract:  We record the first observations of oiled albatrosses at South Georiga, provide data on ... ingestion of plastics by albatrosses and giant petrels and report a six-fold increase over the previous year ... of the incidence of fishing line and hooks associated with, regurgitated by and impaled in seabirds ... . Although the ingestion of oil, plastics and fishing gear are probably causing only minor problems for South ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIII/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom

3. Mitigating killer whale depredation on demersal longline fisheries by changing fishing practices

   with significant losses for fisheries and potential impacts on wild populations of depredating species ... extensive monitoring of the killer whale population allowed us to model interactions with whales, CPUE and ... time it takes for whales to reach vessels. The significant influence of five operational variables was ... detected statistically using generalized linear mixed models. The probability of interactions between ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/P03 : Author(s): P. Tixier, J. Vacquie Garcia, N. Gasco, G. Duhamel and C. Guinet

4. Educational poster on hook ingestion

   Abstract:  Since the 2001/2002 season CCAMLR has recognised the importance of the high level of ... them. The hooks found in albatross colonies at South Georgia in years prior to 2001/02 were of the type ... Bird Island, South Georgia, have noted an increase in the occurrence of hook injuries to wandering ... albatrosses. The injuries appear to have two sources – injuries from the ingestion of discarded fish heads and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/20 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia)

5. AMLR 2009/10 Field Season Report: objectives, accomplishments and conclusions

   season of a long-term series of studies of the Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem. Hydrographic results ... area, forming a front along the shelf break north of the archipelago. During the 2009/10 U.S. AMLR ... Survey in the South Shetland Islands, acoustic estimates of krill biomass were the lowest seen since 2006 ... estimates of krill abundance also decreased, for the second consecutive year, and recruitment indices were ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P12 : Author(s): A. Van Cise (Editor)

6. CCAMLR 2000 revisited

   Abstract:  The total abundance of krill in the Scotia Sea was estimated from an international ... Antarctic Treaty's Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to ... incorporating recent improvements in the remote identification and target strength (TS) of krill, a range of ... expected distribution of krill orientations. The new methods were then reviewed by CCAMLR, and revised ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/30 Rev. 1 : Author(s): D.A. Demer, A.M. Cossio and C.S. Reiss (USA)

7. Mitigation trials and recommendations to reduce seabird mortality in the pelagic icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) fishery (Subarea 48.3)

   idea of binding the net with sisal string on shooting, in order to prevent it opening until it had sunk ... beneath the sea surface, and thereby reduce the chance of seabirds becoming entangled, while attempting to ... feed from the net. Observations suggest this technique to be highly efficient and adoption of this ... technique across the fleet is recommended. The use of streamer lines during shooting and hauling of the net ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/59 : Author(s): J.O. Roe (United Kingdom)

8. Beach debris survey, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2003/04

   and size categories. A total of 21 items weighing 11.59kg were collected. The number of items found ... was lower than the total found during the previous season, as was the total mass of the waste ... recovered (a decrease of 61% and 57.56% since 2002/03 respectively). There was a decrease in the number of ... continue. Plastic waste was predominant, as in previous seasons, making up 62% of all items recorded ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/15 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

9. FIELD IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS (HIMI) BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES: A GUIDE FOR SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS ABOARD FISHING VESSELS

   Abstract:  At CCAMLR-XXVI the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA) noted a lack of ... specific reference material for the identification of benthic invertebrates in areas specific to which ... observers carry out their activities (SC-CAMLR-XXVI: Annex 5, paragraph 6.32). To improve the standard of ... observer identifications and also to assist in the identification of vulnerable areas, the Scientific ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

10. Climate variability in the western Antarctic peninsula region

    Abstract:  The climate of tile Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region is distinguished by large ... seasonal and interannual variability and by the occurrence of seasonal sea ice which changes the ocean ... records for several peninsula stations have been examined, and the annual progression of surface air ... temperatures show an along-peninsula gradient indicative of a contrasting influence of maritime versus ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/61 : Author(s): Stammerjohn, S.E., Baker, K.S., Smith, R.C.

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