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1. Changes in the foraging range of Adélie penguins as the breeding season progresses

   Abstract:  1. This paper describes temporal changes in foraging range throughout the breeding ... season of Adélie penguins nesting at Béchervaise Island on the Mawson coast of Eastern Antarctica. A ... to produce maps of where the penguins travel to feed during each of the incubation, guard, crèche and ... pre-moult stages of the breeding cycle. 2. Penguins ranged furthest north during incubation and made ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/57 : Author(s): J. Clarke and L. Emmerson (Australia)

2. Observations of demersal fish, benthic communities and seafloor composition of the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector from the ICEFISH 2004 cruise

   Abstract:  A multi-disciplinary research cruise in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean was ... conducted during the 2004 austral winter as part of the International Collaborative Expedition to collect ... and study Fish Indigenous to Sub-antarctic Habitats (ICEFISH). Sampling during the ICEFISH cruise ... included demersal finfish, benthic invertebrates, and information of seafloor composition. The objectives ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/61 : Author(s): C.D. Jones, S.J. Lockhart and D.F. Doolittle (USA)

3. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND AGE STRUCTURE OF THE ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH (DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI) IN THE ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA

   Abstract:  The Ross Sea has been geologically characterized by tectonic and glacial processes ... the availability of habitat is critical to the long-term viability of the population. Antarctic ... toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) are subject to an increasingly important commercial fishery in the Ross Sea ... assess the availability of habitat for Antarctic toothfish a benthic habitat map of the Ross Sea was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/18 : Author(s): C.M. Brooks and J.R. Ashford (USA)

4. An assessment of the impact of krill fishery on penguins in the South Shetlands

   Abstract:  The competition between Japanese krill fishery and penguins during their breeding ... season (December-March) in the South Shetland Islands (Subarea 48.1) was assessed based on available ... information on fishery, penguins and krill biomass. The catch is very low in December followed by roughly ... equivalent amount (3,000-10,000 t/10-day) for the following three months, with its increased fishing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/07 : Author(s): T. Ichii, M. Naganobu and T. Ogishima (Japan)

5. Further progress on modelling the krill–predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem

   Abstract:  This paper addresses work conducted on the Mori-Butterworth multi-species model of the ... Antarctic ecosystem subsequent to the Ulsan meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee. Points raised about the ... unable to fully utilise the primary production available. The precision of parameters estimated when ... fitting the model to abundance and trend data is reported. The model is extended to include an “other ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/19 : Author(s): M. Mori (Japan) and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

6. Status of the South Georgia subarea (48.3) on satellite monitoring of the sea surface temperature, December 1999–January 2000

   Abstract:  Data of satellite monitoring (GOES-E) of the sea surface temperature (SST) and realtime ... data from vessels allow us to understand the hydrologic situation off South Georgia (Subarea 48.3) in ... December, 1999- January, 2000. Using the database of the SST maps for 1990-1991 and the current standard ... weekly SST maps, we have developed mean monthly SST maps, maps of the SST anomalies, and maps of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/20 : Author(s): G. Vanyushin and A. Korobochka (Russia)

7. Descriptive analysis of the toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) tagging programme in Subareas 88.1 & 88.2 for the years 2000–01 to 2012–13

   Abstract:  We provide an update of the descriptive analyses of the toothfish tagging programme in ... Subareas 88.1 and 88.2, including summaries of data for the 2013 season. Overall, a total of 37 047 ... released and 95 recaptured since 2001. In recent years, most vessels have achieved or exceeded the required ... tagging rate of one toothfish per tonne of catch in the Ross Sea region. Tag recapture data showed that ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/49 : Author(s): S. Parker, A. Dunn, S. Mormede and S. Hanchet (New Zealand)

8. A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in the Ross Sea region (Subarea 88.1 and SSRUs 88.2A–B) to 2016–17

   Abstract:  This report summarises fishing catch and effort in the Ross Sea region (Subarea 88.1 ... and SSRUs 882AB) together with biological characteristics of the catch of Antarctic toothfish through ... the 2017 season. In 2017, sea ice constraints were minimal and catch rates were the second highest on ... record, resulting in the shortest season to since the fishery started. Median and 90%ile scaled lengths ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/07 : Author(s): S. Parker and S. Mormede

9. Preliminary results on the distribution of fin whales on the northern Antarctic Peninsula

   Abstract:  Results presented here contribute to the currently poor knowledge of fin whales ... (Balaenoptera physalus) in Southern Ocean, based on preliminary results regarding the distribution of the ... species around the northern Antarctic Peninsula. We show a broad view of the sightings based on data ... collected from 2013 to 2018 by the Brazilian Antarctic Program the Polar Vessel (NPo) Almirante Maximiano ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/43 : Author(s): E. Seyboth, L. Dalla Rosa, G. Watters and E.R. Secchi

10. ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW

    Abstract:  An uncertainty heretofore has existed over the importance of Antarctic toothfish ... (Dissostichus mawsoni) as prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We reviewed the literature to assess the ... show the seals do not eat toothfish hard parts, thus providing the reason that toothfish have seldom ... populations where toothfish do not occur. On the basis of data from an under ice observation platform, non ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/22 : Author(s): D. Ainley and D. Siniff (USA)

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