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Workshop Report – The Ross Sea: Science, Policy and the Public in a Pristine Marine Ecosystemt
Abstract: Waters overlying the Ross Sea continental shelf and slope comprise slightly more than 3 ... % of the Southern Ocean, which is inconsequential, yet its attributes, as identified in this workshop ... , coincide closely with the criteria agreed to by the UN Convention for Biological Diversity to identify ... Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas. Information revealed at the workshop indicated that the Ross ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/14 : Author(s): J. Weller and D.G. Ainley (USA)
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Proposed update to the terms of reference and guidelines for the CCAMLR MPA Special Fund
Abstract: The MPA Special Fund was established in 2005 to support activities undertaken in ... respect of MPAs. Given recent progress by CCAMLR towards the development of MPAs, it is now timely to ... review the purpose of the Fund, and to update the terms of reference and practical guidance for how it is ... accessed and used. This paper makes recommendations on the following updates for consideration by the ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/12 : Author(s): Delegations of the United Kingdom and the United States, on behalf of the MPA Special Fund Correspondence Group
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Program of research to improve the seabird by-catch mitigation effectiveness of the Spanish system of longline fishing
Abstract: This document seeks the approval of CCAMLR for a research plan to improve the seabird ... by-catch mitigation effectiveness of the Spanish system of longline fishing. The plan also aims to ... reduce the amount of fishing gear (and ghost fishing) lost in benthic habitats by Spanish system vessels ... in the Convention area and, potentially, in other fisheries where Spanish system vessels operate. A ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/12 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia) and C. Moreno (Chile)
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Revised impact assessment framework to estimate the cumulative footprint and impact on VME taxa of New Zealand bottom longline fisheries in the Ross Sea region
Abstract: In 2008-2009 New Zealand developed an impact assessment framework to estimate the ... Marine Ecosystems (VMEs), consistent with the requirements of Conservation Measure 22-06 (Bottom fishing ... in the Convention area). The impact assessment framework was subsequently endorsed within CCAMLR for ... estimate the cumulative historical bottom fishing footprint of all fisheries in the CCAMLR area. The ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/20 : Author(s): B.R. Sharp (New Zealand)
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PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE NEW ZEALAND RV TANGAROA IPY-CAML SURVEY OF THE ROSS SEA REGION, ANTARCTICA IN FEBRUARY-MARCH 2008
Abstract: During February and March 2008 New Zealand carried out a major research voyage into the ... Ross Sea region in support of the International Polar Year Census of Antarctic Marine Life (IPY-CAML ... ). The 50 day voyage on the research vessel Tangaroa involved an extensive survey of marine organisms ... from viruses to pelagic and demersal fish and cephalopods from the surface down to depths of 3500 m ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/18 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, J. Mitchell, D. Bowden, M. Clark, J. Hall, R. O’Driscoll, M. Pinkerton and D. Robertson (New Zealand)
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The diet of black-browed albatrosses at the Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile
Abstract: The diet of black-browed albatrosses was studied at Gonzalo Island, Diego Ramirez ... , Chile, during the early chick-rearing period of 2000, 2001 and 2002. Diet composition was determined by ... similar throughout the study, with diet being dominated by fish in all three years. Overall, the main ... items taken were the fishes Macruronus magellanicus (66-89% by mass) and Micromesistius australis (2.6 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/9 : Author(s): J. Arata (Chile) and J.C. Xavier (United Kingdom)
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The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands
Abstract: The diet of juvenile and non-breeding male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella ... was investigated at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, by the analysis of 18 and 33 ... scats collected during the 1995/96 and 1996/97 summer seasons respectively. Overall, fish were the most ... coincides well with the observed in 1996/97, but in 1995/96 krill was the most important prey also by mass ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/60 : Author(s): Carlini, A., Baroni, A., Casaux, R.
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The report on the survey in Subarea 48.2 in 2016 (second season)
Abstract: The second year survey and observations of Dissostichus spp. in statistical subarea ... 48.2 on board the Ukrainian vessel SIMEIZ were conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the ... Scientific Committee and Commission. The second year survey design was amended in comparison with the one of ... the first year and approved by WGs SAM, FSA and SC CCAMLR. Obtained data used for the preliminary ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-16/50 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine
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Age estimation and maturity of the ridge-scaled macrourid (Macrourus whitsoni) from the Ross Sea
Abstract: Juveniles of the macrourid rattail Macrourus whitsoni were collected by the NIWA ... research vessel Tangaroa during the BioRoss survey of the Western Ross Sea and Balleny Islands, with the ... purpose of analyzing the otoliths to generate more accurate age estimates for this species. Intensive ... analysis of otoliths from small specimens greatly increased confidence in the interpretation of the zone ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/20 : Author(s): P.M. Marriott, M.J. Manning and P.L. Horn (New Zealand)
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Density and geographical distribution of krill larvae in the Atlantic Sector of the Antarctic region during summer 2011, 2012 and 2014
Abstract: The analysis of euphausiid larvae collected during summer 2011 in the Weddell Scotia ... Confluence región, in 2012 on the WAP and Scotia Sea and 2014 on the South Orkneys Platform show a strong ... decrease in the abundance of Euphausia superba larvae and an increase in Thysanoessa macrura in 2011 and ... 2012 and a strong increase in the abundance of E. superba in 2014. Oceanographic conditions didn’t show ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/29 : Author(s): E. Rombolá, C. Franzosi, G. Tossonotto, V. Alder and E. Marschoff