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1. Lessons from CCAMLR on the implementation of the ecosystem approach to managing fisheries

   Abstract:  The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is ... widely recognised as a leading international organisation in developing best-practice in the ecosystem ... approach to managing fisheries.  CCAMLR provides a useful case study for examining the impediments to ... assessing the status of target species and their predators, but also in designing cost-effective management ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/P06 : Author(s): A.J. Constable

2. Characteristics of seasonal variation in diurnal vertical migration and aggregation of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea, using the Japanese fishery data

   vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) associated with the brightness categories of the ... day based upon the angles between the center of the sun and the celestial horizon on the Scotia Sea ... twilight and shallowest around at evening twilight. The range of trawling depth was narrower in the certain ... during summer and early autumn, and deepened gradually from autumn and attained the maximum depth in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/44 : Author(s): K. Taki, T. Hayashi and M. Naganobu (Japan)

3. AERIAL SURVEYS OF WEDDELL SEALS DURING 2007-08, WITH NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF AERIAL CENSUSES IN THE ROSS SEA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUED COUNT EFFORT

   place under CCAMLR with respect to the Ross Sea toothfish fishery. In a previous paper submitted to EMM ... Weddell seals along the Victoria Land coast. That area would be important to monitor changes in ... distribution and abundance, as seals from all the colonies along that coast likely forage in CCAMLR SSRUs 88.1H ... , in November 2007, and summarize historical results of aerial surveys made along the coast of Victoria ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/23 : Author(s): D. Siniff and D. Ainley (USA)

4. An experimental approach for the Antarctic krill fishery: advancing management and conservation through the use of Krill Reference Areas and Krill Fishing Areas

   Abstract:  We review reasons why the fishery for Antarctic krill is challenging to manage and ... continues. We propose an experimental framework to help improve the scientific basis for management. This ... to fishing, coupled with the use of Krill Reference Areas and Krill Fishing Areas. We use the ... characteristics, as the geographic and spatial basis for a set of differing treatments. We also consider the ...

   Meeting Document : WS-SM-18/05 : Author(s): P.N Trathan and O.R. Godø

5. CEAMARC, the Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (IPY # 53): An overview

   Abstract:  The Census for Antarctic Marine Life (CAML, IPY Project 53) aimed to investigate the ... was a major ship-based research programme in the austral summer of 2007e2008 involving scientists from ... 30 countries and 19 vessels. The Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census (CEAMARC) was a ... Australia, Japan and France surveying the one area. This collaboration was a highly coordinated and ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/P01 : Author(s): G. Hosie, P. Koubbi, M. Riddle, C. Ozouf-Costaz, M. Moteki, M. Fukuchi, N. Ameziane, T. Ishimaru, A. Goffart

6. A toolbox of Marine Protected Area management techniques for the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty and by CCAMLR

   management techniques, including case studies from the Antarctic and elsewhere, was undertaken in 2010 and ... highlighted the variety of possible ways to help achieve the objectives of MPAs.  The main tools which are ... relevant to managing MPAs in the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty and by CCAMLR are described in this ... are novel and are unique to the marine environment.  The tools are presented as a range of approaches ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/21 : Author(s): WWF and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

7. Some data on Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni reproduction in the Ross Sea (Subarea 88.1) in the period from December 2002 to March 2003

   Abstract:  On the grounds of data analysis collected by one of the authors – Prutko V.G. in ... presented. Presence of Antarctic toothfish spawning concentrations in the northern part of the research area ... and presence of “exhausted” individuals are noted. On the basis of the proceeded data and analysis of ... literature information we came to the conclusion that strict limitation of Antarctic toothfish catch was ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/49 : Author(s): V.G. Prutko and L.A. Lisovenko (Ukraine)

8. The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: CCAMLR’s duty to respond

   Abstract:  The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is a Special Report ... on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). The report compiles scientific evidence to ... make clear the devastating impacts that climate change are having on the oceans and polar regions. In ... this paper, ASOC provides a short overview of some of the report’s key findings and recommends that ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-38/BG/56 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

9. Demography of Antarctic krill in the Lazarev Sea (Subarea 48.6) in the 2005/06 season

   Abstract:  A standardized krill net sampling survey was conducted in the Lazarev Sea (Subarea 48.6 ... ) in December 2005. Krill densities were low in the Lazarev Sea. No substantial day/night differences ... were observed in the catches. Spatial distribution of krill density and size/age classes is discussed ... for the Lazarev Sea. Recruitment indices were calculated for one-year-old (R1) and two-year-old krill ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/10 : Author(s): V. Siegel (Germany)

10. Diet and trophic niche of Macrourus spp. (Gadiformes, Macrouridae) in the Ross Sea region of the Southern Ocean

    Abstract:  Both Macrourus caml and M. whitsoni are probably abundant and widespread in the Ross ... Sea region at depths between approximately 500 and 2100 m. We present the analysis of stomach contents ... (henceforth Macrourus spp.) in the Ross Sea region of the Southern Ocean. Samples of stomach contents were ... obtained from the Ross Sea slope (between about 71° and 73°S) and on the Scott Island and seamount chain ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/P03 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, J. Forman, D.W. Stevens, S.J. Bury and J. Brown

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