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1. Update on the redevelopment of the CCAMLR database

   Abstract:  The Secretariat has embarked on a major overhaul of CCAMLR data holdings and associated ... Model, redeveloping the CCAMLR database, improving data quality assurance, and modernising the data work ... flow. The user community can expect to notice significant improvements in data quality and database ... documentation as the new system is rolled out from late 2015. Consequential changes will be required in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/33 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

2. List of Italian research projects that contribute to the Research and Monitoring Plan for the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area

   Abstract:  This paper provides a summary of research projects led by Italy in the frame of PNRA ... the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area. The inventory includes: (1) research to establish “baseline ... ” environmental and ecological conditions in the Ross Sea region; (2) “process-based” research to understand ... environmental and ecological processes and interactions. The intention of this paper is to present the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/26 : Author(s): Delegation of Italy

3. Long-term study of the at-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica

   Abstract:  This paper presents the results of at-sea monitoring of seabirds and cetaceans over ... five summer seasons, 2010 to 2014, at the Scotia Sea, Antarctica, covering a total of 1463 nautical ... -bellied Storm Petrel. Antarctic Prion was the dominant species within the 5 years whereas Cape petrel ... Right, Fin and Minke, which had different abundances during our study. Fin whale had the highest mean ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/06 Rev. 1 : Author(s): J.L. Orgeira, M. Alderete, Y.G. Jiménez and J.C. González (Argentina)

4. Using predators and their prey to characterise the status of the marine ecosystem at South Georgia

   Abstract:  Increased awareness about the present status of marine systems, including those where ... fisheries target the prey of natural predators, has led to recommendations about how information on the ... status of marine predators might be used to inform ecosystem-based management approaches. In the ... Antarctic, sustained ecological research has generated long-term data on the performance of marine predators ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/28 : Author(s): P. Trathan, S. Fielding, S. Hill, M. Belchier and J. Forcada

5. ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF PRE- AND INTERMITTENT BREEDERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BÉCHERVAISE ISLAND ADÉLIE PENGUIN POPULATION

   Abstract:  The size of two of the inaccessible (non-breeding) components of the Adélie penguin ... population associated with the Béchervaise Island breeding population is estimated over the past decade using ... . Emmerson and C. Southwell (Australia) Title:  ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF PRE- AND INTERMITTENT BREEDERS ... ASSOCIATED WITH THE BÉCHERVAISE ISLAND ADÉLIE PENGUIN POPULATION Approval:  Approved ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-PSW-08/08 : Author(s): L. Emmerson and C. Southwell (Australia)

6. Seabird by-catch in the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery at the Prince Edward Islands: 1999–2000

   Abstract:  This paper summarises seabird bycatch during the fourth year (July 1999-June 2000) of ... sanctioned longline fishing for Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides in the Exclusive Economic Zone ... sanctioned fishing trips. Fishing effort was 7.4 million hooks, a 45% increase on the number of hooks set in ... that reported in either 1996/97 or 1997/98. The absolute number of birds killed increased more than ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/30 : Author(s): P. Ryan and B. Watkins (South Africa)

7. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of acoustic backscatter in the New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean

   from vessels of opportunity transiting across the Southern Ocean between New Zealand and the Ross Sea ... provided the opportunity to study distribution and abundance of MTLO over 7 yr. Analyses were performed to ... , but overall was reasonably stable, being in the same order of magnitude across all transects ... layers stopped north of the Ross Sea, which may relate to the temperature limitation of contributing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P06 : Author(s): P.C. Escobar-Flores, R.L. O’Driscoll and J.C. Montgomery

8. Hydrographic flux in Statistical Area 88 of ccamlr in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

   Abstract:  This document submits the basic information on the hydrographic flux in Statistical ... Area 88 of CCAMLR in the Pacific sector. Those are surface geostrophic flow in the whole of the ... Area 88 of ccamlr in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean Approval:  Approved ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/29 : Author(s): M. Naganobu (Japan)

9. Interannual hydroclimate fluctuations of the Atlantic part of the Antarctic since 1970 to 2000

   Current core towards the shelf and abnormally large number of icebergs on the South Georgia Island shelf ... . In this connection, retrospective hydrometeorological data on the areas of South-West Atlantic ... Antarctic were examined from 1970 to 2000 March. The analysis of atmospheric pressure average monthly fields ... observed for the whole period under investigation. As the result, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current regime ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/35 : Author(s): G. Chernega, I. Polischuk and P. Chernyshkov (Russia)

10. Materials on biodiversity in Subareas 48.6 and 48.5 in the frame of the Weddell Sea MPA

    Abstract:  It is shown that the proposals for the establishment of an MPA in the Weddell Sea ... should be complemented by information on the commercial potential and future rational use for dominant ... fish species and krill in Subareas 48.5 and 48.6.  Author(s):  Delegation of the Russian Federation ... Title:  Materials on biodiversity in Subareas 48.6 and 48.5 in the frame of the Weddell Sea MPA ...

    Meeting Document : WS-DmPH-18/01 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation

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