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PROPOSAL TO VARY THE REQUIREMENT TO TEST SINK RATES FOR INTEGRATED WEIGHT LONGLINE (IWL) GEAR PRIOR TO ENTERING THE CONVENTION AREA
Abstract: This paper proposes that, for fishers whose vessels comply with certain conditions, the ... requirement in Protocol C1 of Conservation Measure 24-02 to test the sink rate of integrated weight longlines ... (IWL) before entering the Convention Area is an impost on fishers that is no longer warranted. Testing ... could instead be conducted in the first week of fishing inside the Convention Area, potentially reducing ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/36 : Author(s): I. Hay (Australia)
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Some specific characteristics of Dissostichus eleginoides biology in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Islands (Division 58.5.1)
Abstract: For recent years Dissostichus eleginoids is the main target species of trawling and ... long-line fisheries in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Islands. Results of research made by the author on ... board the fishing vessel "Poltava" in the summer season 1991-1992 were the base for the ... present paper. Regular direct distribution of size groups D. eleginoides in depth range within the fishing ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/16 : Author(s): Pshenichnov, L.K.
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Subdivision of large CCAMLR Statistical Areas for the management of the krill fishery
Abstract: In this paper the boundaries of the CCAMLR statistical areas are examined for their ... relevance to the management of the krill fishery. A rationale for developing some new areas is developed ... based on data on krill distributions. The overall aim of the exercise was to reduce the large size of ... many of the existing statistical areas to the point where all areas where krill occur could be surveyed ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/24 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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A summary of the commercial fishery for mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in Subarea 48.3 during the 1997/98 season
Abstract: During the 1 997198 season, one vessel, Chilean registered stern trawler Betanzos ... days between 25 December 1997 and 5 January 1998. The total catch of C. gunnari was 5.04 tonnes in 34 ... hauls. 67% of this catch was taken in just two hauls, confirming the patchy distribution of this species ... . Most of the catch was made up of fish between 22 and 30 cm long. Fish of this size range have ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/53 : Author(s): G. Parkes, A. King and C. Jones (United Kingdom)
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Diet of the cape petrel Daption capense during the post hatching period at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
Abstract: The diet of the Cape petrel Daption capense was investigated at Laurie Island, South ... Orkney Islands (60°46'S, 44°42'W), Antarctica, over the period January-February 1996. Stomach ... contents of adults and regurgitate of chicks were sampled during the post-hatching period. The analysis ... showed that during the whole sampling period Antarctic krill and fish represented the predominant preys ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/44 : Author(s): Montalti, D., Coria, N.R., Soave, G.E.
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A comparison between the estimated density of krill from an acoustic survey with that obtained by scientific nets on the same survey
Abstract: This work presents the initial comparative analysis of acoustic and net haul krill ... density estimates for the RMT 8 oblique (0 to 200m depth) trawls conducted during January-March 1996 as ... part of a hydroacoustic biomass survey for Antarctic krill in CCAMLR Division 58.4.1. The acoustic ... krill density estimates were consistantly larger than the net estimates, otherwise no relationship was ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/43 : Author(s): Pauly, T., Higginbottom, I., Hosie, G., de la Mare, W.K., Nicol, S.
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Performance and geometry of the FP-120 trawl used during the UK 1993/94 fish stock assessment survey around South Georgia, Subarea 48.3
Abstract: Methods for the calculation of the horizontal opening (swept area) of a bottom trawl ... are discussed. Details of the Scanmar trawl monitoring equipment used for making in situ measurements ... of horizontal opening and headline height of the FP-1 20 trawl during the 1993/94 UK fish stock ... assessment survey around South Georgia on the MV Cordella are provided. Empirical equations are derived for ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-94/23 : Author(s): G. Pilling and G. Parkes (United Kingdom)
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An automated weighing and recording system as an aid for the study of the foraging ecology of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Abstract: A System that automatically weighs, identifies and determines the direction of penguins ... moving between their breeding colony and the sea is described. Data obtained from it for a complete ... colony (589 nests from which 412 chicks were fledged) and related to the foraging ecology of the Adélie ... penguin Pygoscelis adeliae are presented for the period hatching to fledging. These were obtained at ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-92/20 : Author(s): K. Kerry, J. Clarke and G. Else (Australia)
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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2015
Abstract: The delegation of Germany has submitted the scientific background and justification for ... the development of a marine protected area in the Weddell Sea planning area. In accordance with the ... /BG/15, /BG/16 and /BG/17). The Scientific Committee is invited to note that: Parts A and B of this ... further improved and extended, inter alia in the light of the recommendations made at WG-EMM 15 (report ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/13 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany
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Analysis of krill trawling positions in the area north of the South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Peninsula area) from 1980/81 to 1998/99
Abstract: Positions of commercial krill operation for 1980/81 season to 1998/99 season in the ... area to the north of South Shetland Islands were analyzed by using GLM (generalized linear model ... ). Fishing season, the timing, and the longitude were significant factors to explain the variability of ... latitudes where operations were undertaken. Operations tended take place in the north in early 1980s, but ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/58 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi (Japan)