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1. DEVELOPMENT OF A REGISTRY OF VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CONVENTION AREA

   Abstract:  Conservation Measure (CM) 22-06 requires the Secretariat to maintain an inventory of ... vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the Convention Area for circulation to Contracting Parties and other ... relevant bodies. In addition, CM 22-07 requires the Secretariat to notify fishing vessels in the relevant ... fishery and their Flag States of the location of VME risk areas and fine-scale rectangles. The Secretariat ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/06 : Author(s): Secretariat

2. Towards the development of a stock assessment for Patagonian toothfish in Division 58.4.4, SSRU C on Ob and Lena Banks

   Abstract:  Following the advice from the CCAMLR Working Group in WG-SAM in 2012, a preliminary ... -length model. In this preliminary assessment, the model was started in 1990 and catch, proportions at ... length in the catch, and recapture data from SSRU C from 2007/08 to 2011/12 were fitted in the model. The ... suggest suitable fits to the data, however, there appears to be a pattern of increasing YCS over the time ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/59 : Author(s): K. Taki (Japan)

3. The Price of Fish: A global trade analysis of Patagonian (Dissostichus eleginoides) and Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   great commercial importance to the 13 nations that actively harvest toothfish for global consumption ... . The major consuming nations have the most influence over toothfish trade and it is important to ... , are managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR ... ), there are currently no methods in place to monitor the volume or value of toothfish traded in the ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIII/BG/14 Rev. 2 : Author(s): Secretariat

4. Background information to support development of a feedback management strategy for the krill fishery in Subarea 48.1

   Abstract:  Here we compile eight vignettes that, together, provide the background data and ... information needed to support development of a feedback management strategy for the krill fishery in Subarea ... Subarea 48.1 will both facilitate and expedite the allocation of a catch limit in the subarea without ... negatively impacting the krill fishery while simultaneously mitigating risks to krill-dependent predators. We ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/45 : Author(s): Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center and NOAA Fisheries

5. THE RESEARCH PROJECT TO DIGITIZE HISTORICAL SOVIET KRILL FISHING EXPEDITION DATA

   Abstract:  The research project to digitize former Soviet krill fishing research, exploratory and ... commercial expedition’s data has been started in Ukraine at the Southern Research Institute of Marine ... expeditions in Southern Ocean between the years of 1972-1992. The main purpose of these expeditions was to ... collect data and samples and to create an estimation of the commercial exploitation of the Antarctic krill ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/30 : Author(s): L. Pshenichnov and G. Milinevsky (Ukraine)

6. An integrated stock assessment for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Division 58.5.2 using CASAL

   Division 58.5.2. It updates the model used at WG-FSA in 2006 using data from the 2007 season as well as ... 2006 data not available for WG-FSA in 2006. It also includes the following refinements: (i) estimation ... of the coefficient of variation (CV) for length given age, (ii) use of non-informative priors for ... year class strength parameters, (iii) separate selectivity parameters used for the pre-2006 compared to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/53 Rev. 1 : Author(s): S.G. Candy and A.J. Constable (Australia)

7. Aspects of the distribution and interannual variations in larval fish assemblages at South Georgia, Antarctica

   Abstract:  The Antarctic fish fauna is relatively impoverished with fewer than 300 species ... recorded from the whole Southern Ocean. Demersal forms predominate but many of these have extended early ... life histories as pelagic larval and juvenile phases. Only 30 larval stages of the 103 fish species ... occurring at South Georgia have been identified but these represent all of the dominant and economically ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/09 : Author(s): M.G. White (United Kingdom)

8. Terra Nova Bay: hot spot in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, knowledge and functioning of the ecosystem

   Abstract:  The Terra Nova Bay area is particularly valuable for science due to the presence of ... unique marine and terrestrial flora and fauna and the high diversity at both species and community level ... . From an oceanographic perspective, the area is characterised by the occurrence of the Terra Nova Bay ... polynya, a crucial region for the formation of the High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW), formed by the ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/14 : Author(s): S. Torcini, M. Vacchi, S. Aliani, G. Bavestrello, A. Bergamasco, G. Budillon, B. Calcinai, G. Catalano, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, C. Cerrano, M. Chiantore, S. Corsolini, R. Bargagli, A. Dell’Anno, G. di Prisco, G. Fusco, S. Focardi, L. Gugliemo, G. Lauriano, P. Luporini, O. Mangoni, S. Olmastroni, F. Pezzo, E. Pisano, L. Ghigliotti, P. Povero, S. Puce, A. Pusceddu, E. Rusciano, M. Saggiomo, V. Saggiomo, M.C. Gambi, S. Schiaparelli, G. Spezie, C. Verde, P. Del Negro (Italy)

9. A proposal for the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area

   Abstract:  The delegation of the United States proposes the establishment by the Commission for ... the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (Commission or CCAMLR) of a marine protected ... area (MPA) in the Ross Sea Region (“Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area”).  In 2010, the Commission ... endorsed the Scientific Committee’s work program to develop a representative system of Antarctic MPAs with ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/40 : Author(s): Delegation of the USA

10. Proposal to reposition the boundary between CCAMLR statistical Subareas 58.6 and 58.7

    Abstract:  Subareas 58.6 and 58.7 are closed to fishing outside of the Exclusive Economic Zones ... (EEZs) around the Crozet (France) and Prince Edward (South Africa) Archipelagos. The current boundary ... between Subareas 58.6 and 58.7 bisects the South African EEZ around the Prince Edward Islands. Thus ... fishery statistics reported for Subarea 58.7 reflects only part of the fishery in the South African EEZ ...

    Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/51 : Author(s): R.W. Leslie (South Africa) and G. Duhamel (France)

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