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Priorities of the Working Groups and Subgroup for the next four years
Abstract: The Scientific Committee encouraged Members to consider potential ways in which its ... work could be streamlined. In early September the Chair and the Vice Chairs of the Scientific Committee ... , and Conveners of the Working Groups and Subgroup, together with the Secretariat held a tele-conference ... to discuss how to best address this issue at the Scientific Committee this year. The meeting agreed ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/14 : Author(s): Conveners of WG-EMM, WG-SAM, WG-FSA and SG-ASAM
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A BALANCED MODEL OF THE FOOD WEB OF THE ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA
Abstract: We present a quantitative food web of the Ross Sea as a step towards investigating ... ecosystem effects of the fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). The model consolidates ... quantitative information on trophic links across all the major biota of the Ross Sea and tests for data ... consistency. The model has 38 trophic groups and is balanced in terms of annual flows of organic carbon in an ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/42 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, J.M. Bradford-Grieve and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Integrated analysis of the by-catch data in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery
Abstract: The indices of exploratory toothfish fishery in the Ross Sea for the period of 2008 ... -2015 are considered. The analysis was focused on CPUE toothfish (kg/1000 hooks), by-catch CPUE (kg/1000 ... hooks) and normalized target catch ratio. There was evidence of distinct differences in the mean (and ... distribution) in the CPUE toothfish and the by-catch CPUE. Our analysis also show that target catch ratios ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/13 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S. Kasatkina
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Scientific justification for a marine protected area designation around the Balleny Islands to protect ecosystem structure and function in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica: progress report
Abstract: In 2000, the New Zealand delegation to CCAMLR proposed the designation of an Antarctic ... Specially Protected Area (ASPA) around the Balleny Islands. Since that time, research has continued to focus ... on the value of the area on and around the Balleny Islands, and the potential benefits of ... establishing a Balleny Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA). The ecological importance of the Balleny Islands ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/25 : Author(s): Delegation of New Zealand
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Age and growth in length of Micromesistius australis, Norman, 1937 (Pisces, Gadidae), in the southern zone of the Argentine Sea
Abstract: It was carried out the otolith reading of more than 1100 specimens of Micromesistius ... australis, caught in waters of the southern Argentine Sea during the cruises made by the ships Walther ... Herwig and Shinkai Marú in agreement with the Argentine Republic, in the years 1978 and 1978/79 ... respectively. For the interpretation of the growth rings, the otoliths were previously subjected to the ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-V/BG/31 : Author(s): Delegation of Argentina
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The importance of sea ice association of Antarctic krill for transport and retention in the South Orkneys region: a modelling study
Abstract: The South Orkney Islands region is a key location for understanding the distribution of ... Antarctic krill in CCAMLR Area 48. The local krill populations support krill-dependent higher predators and ... krill fisheries, and the regional oceanographic circulation provides connections between the Antarctic ... Peninsula, the South Orkney Islands and the central Scotia Sea and South Georgia. Furthermore, the South ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/21 : Author(s): S.E. Thorpe, E.F. Young, E.J. Murphy and A.H.H. Renner
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Abundance and trends in the breeding population of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the western Ross Sea
Abstract: The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is an indicator species used by the CCAMLR ... ) on the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The goal of this study was to assess annual variation and trends ... in the number of Adélie penguin breeding pairs at colonies in the western Ross Sea. High angle ... oblique aerial photographic surveys of colonies were acquired for the breeding seasons between 1981 and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/30 : Author(s): P. O’B. Lyver, M. Barron, K.J. Barton, S. Gordon (New Zealand), D. Ainley, A. Pollard (USA), P.R. Wilson and M.H. Pinkerton (New Zealand)
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Geographical variation in the diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella
Abstract: The diet of non-breeding male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella was ... investigated at different localities of the Antarctic Peninsula (Cierva Point and Hope Bay), South Shetland ... (Deception Island and Potter Peninsula) and South Orkney (Laurie Island) islands, by the analysis of 438 ... scats collected from January to March 2000. The composition of the diet was diverse and both, pelagic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/10 : Author(s): R. Casaux, A. Baroni, F. Arrighetti, A. Ramón and A. Carlini (Argentina)
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Informing and seeking advice from WG-SAM-18 about the revisions of the WSMPA proposal
Abstract: Following the submission of a first draft Conservation Measure for establishing a MPA ... in the Weddell Sea (WSMPA) to CCAMLR 2016, Germany has carried out further work on the WSMPA proposal ... with a view for a revised CM proposal to be submitted by the EU to CCAMLR 2018. This document informs ... SAM about the following revisions carried out to the WSMPA proposal which would fall under the remit ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-18/16 : Author(s): S. Hain, K. Teschke, H. Pehlke and T. Brey
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia during the 1999 winter and the 1999/2000 pup rearing season
Abstract: Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... here. Only six entangled seals were observed during the winter, representing a 53% decrease from1998 ... and a 94% decrease on the highest previous total (1992). Four of these animals wereentangled in ... plastic packaging bands, double that observed in the 1998 winter, and a return to thehigh levels observed ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIX/BG/02 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom