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1. Gear loss reported by longline fishing vessels for the 2018 and 2019 fishing seasons

   . Vessels reported 1 632 km of line lost in the Convention Area, of which 27% were complete lines. There was ... no difference in the relative reporting of lost hooks by gear type, with rates of loss recorded at ... of complete line loss between gear types, with a higher rate of complete line loss for trotline than ... for Spanish or autoline. It is important to improve reporting in order to accurately quantify rates of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-2019/18 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

2. Revised research plan for the exploratory longline fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 58.4.1 in 2014/15

   Abstract:  Most things related to Dissostichus spp. in the eastern side of Antarctic has not been ... sizes were vulnerable with a big range of about 1,000-2,000 t per SSRU in 58.4.1. During the 2004-2014 ... more recapture. The food-web of Dissostichus spp. has started to be studied in the southern Ross Sea ... and 58.4.1C. Some studies on biology of the fish have been evaluated, but those are not enough to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/38 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea

3. Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni): Health risk assessment

   Abstract:  In the present study, the concentrations of total mercury in different organs of the ... Division 58.4.1 off the coast of Antarctica were determined. The results revealed total mercury ... concentrations of 0.165 ± 0.095 mg/kg (0.023–0.454 mg/kg) in the Antarctic toothfish. In fish muscle ... , methylmercury accounted for approximately 40% of the total mercury. In a comparison analysis, muscle and liver ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/P02 : Author(s): M. Yoon, M.-R. Jo, K.-T. Son, W.-S. Choi, S. I. Kang, S.-G. Choi, J. H. Lee and T. S. Lee

4. BEACH DEBRIS SURVEY – MAIN BAY, BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA 2006/2007

   Abstract:  During the seventeenth year of standardised beach surveys of man-made debris at Bird ... Island, South Georgia (covering the period 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007) a total of 365 items were ... collected. This represents a reduction by 33% on the 544 items recorded in 2005/06 and a decrease in mass of ... 1.72 kg (32%). The distribution of debris between the summer and winter was similar to the five ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/24 : Author(s): F. Le Bouard (UK)

5. FISHING ACTIVITY AND SEABIRD-VESSEL ATTENDANCE NEAR THE NORTHERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

   Abstract:  We conducted a survey to investigate the factors influencing the number of seabirds ... objective was to assess whether seabirds exhibited differing levels of attendance that may be attributed to ... fishing activity. Counts of seabirds attending the vessel were made during non-fishing periods, net ... direction) and discards of fish and offal to determine whether they could be used to explain variability in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/11 : Author(s): Jarrod A. Santora and Kimberly S. Dietrich (USA) and Darci Lombard (Canada)

6. Notification for research vessel activity in Divisions 58.4.4a and 58.4.4b

   Abstract:  The main objective of this research is to collect various biological and physical data ... the status of these stocks. No information related to recent stock size exists in this area due to the ... prohibition of direct fishing since 2002. It has been five years since this prohibition, and it is of great ... future investigation on the distribution and population structure of Dissostichus spp.. A notification is ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/09 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

7. CCAMLR conservation measures: alternative approaches for fishery measures

   Abstract:  Conservation measures are an integral part of the Convention and are used for managing ... Antarctic marine living resources. Over the 17 years of their existence, conservation measures have grown in ... majority of the conservation measures adopted by the Commission deal with the management of fisheries, and ... most of these fishery measures are in force for a period of one year only. A review by the Secretariat ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XX/20 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Oil, paint, marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1997/98

   Abstract:  This report describes and quantifies the occurrence of oil, paint, marine debris and ... fishing gear associated with seabirds at South Georgia. In this, the fifth year of standardised recording ... , a marked increase in the quantity of plastic debris associated with seabirds was evident; quantities ... of fishing gear remained within the levels of previous years for all species (although the number of ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVII/BG/10 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

9. Pursuit and polynyas in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   influence biological activity. We pursued daily transition of polynyas in the Ross Sea, Antarctica from 1978 ... through 1994 using images of sea ice concentrations by the satellite microwave observations. A typical ... polynya existed in the inner area of the Ross Sea in November of the each year. The shape of the polynya ... changed remarkably in several days. The polynyas have the range of approximately 500 km from the bottom to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/31 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, T. Tanaka, Y. Okada, N. Kimura and S. Matsumura (Japan)

10. Establishing a formal coordination group for CCAMLR

    Abstract:  Australia and the United Kingdom propose the establishment of a CCAMLR Bureau to ... coordinate the work of the Commission, Scientific Committee and relevant standing committees and working ... groups, among other benefits. This recognises the value of the Scientific Committee’s informal Vice ... Chairs and Conveners (VCAC) group in coordinating the work plan of the Scientific Committee. Furthermore ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXVI/21 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and the United Kingdom

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