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1. Preliminary report on the South Orkneys Ecosystem Studies (SOES) field work undertaken by RRS James Clark Ross (JR15004) and associated field camps in January–February 2016

   Abstract:  This paper briefly describes the rationale and structure of the research cruise that ... formed a key component of the co-ordinated, multi-national South Orkney Ecosystems Studies focusing on ... the krill-based ecosystem in the main fishing area in Subarea 48 undertaken in the austral summer of ... 2015-16. The research cruise consisted of collection of at-sea data on the distribution, abundance and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/19 : Author(s): J. Watkins, O.R. Godø, S. Fielding, C. Reiss, P. Trathan and E. Murphy

2. Background papers considered relevant to the WG-EMM discussions on feedback management

   Abstract:  The United Kingdom has contributed funding to the US-based non-governmental ... populations across the Antarctic Peninsula.  The Antarctic Site Inventory data, together with data from other ... (MAPPPD) which is on a publicly available website (Humphries et al. In Press). The data summary and ... analysis together with the methods described within Lynch et al. (2010), provide methods that are of direct ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/44 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

3. A preliminary assessment and revised growth model of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in Division 58.5.2, based on results from the 2017 random stratified trawl survey

   Abstract:  The annual random stratified trawl survey was undertaken in Division 58.5.2 in the ... vicinity of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands during April 2017. This paper provides an updated growth ... , abundance and yield in Division 58.5.2 to the west of 79 o 20’ E using standard CCAMLR methods (CMIX and ... Generalized Yield Model). The 2017 survey showed a large 3+ cohort dominating the population. An updated ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/22 : Author(s): D. Maschette, P. Burch, P. Yates and D. Welsford

4. Fisheries research within the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area

   Abstract:  The introduction of the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area has elevated the need for ... research (including fisheries research) to inform the Research and Monitoring Plan and to evaluate the ... effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area. All research should be based on a robust experimental design, and in ... particular, fisheries research within the Ross Sea region should: meet a high standard of experimental design ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-2019/06 : Author(s): S. Parker and A. Dunn

5. Genetic variation among populations of the Antarctic toothfish: evolutionary insights and implications for conservation

   with over 70% of the world’s fish stocks being fully exploited and in many cases overexploited. On top ... of this, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has ... granted commercial fishing permits in the most remote marine environment on earth, the high latitude ... Southern Ocean. The primary target of these new commercial fishing ventures is the large pelagic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/69 : Author(s): R.W. Parker, K.N. Paige and A.L. DeVries (USA)

6. Long term variability in the diet and reproductive performance of penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia

   present in 89 % of samples and were the main prey (> 50 % by mass) in 10 years of the study. Antarctic ... and were the main prey in 12 years, with Champsocephalus gunnari and Lepidonotothen larseni the most ... frequently recorded species, in 51 % and 33 % of samples respectively. The energy or mass of krill in the ... diet was the most reliable predictor of breeding success (the number of chicks fledged per breeding ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/P02 : Author(s): C.M. Waluda, S.L. Hill, H.J. Peat and P.N. Trathan

7. A hierarchical classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean

   protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean to help provide for the long-term conservation of marine ... biodiversity in the region. Critical to this undertaking is understanding the distribution of benthic ... assemblages. Our aim is to identify the areas where benthic marine assemblages are likely to differ in the ... classified according to the geomorphic features found within the bathomes in each ecoregion.  We identified ...

   Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/23 : Author(s): L.L. Douglass, J. Turner, H.S. Grantham, S. Kaiser, R. Nicoll, A. Post, A. Brandt and D. Beaver (WWF–ASOC)

8. The relative impacts of Autolines and Spanish longlines on vulnerable marine ecosystems

   Abstract:  The Commission aims to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) and has established ... .  Members have made substantive and important scientific contributions to support the Commission’s objective ... of protecting VMEs, but work comparing the effects of different gear types has been relatively ... limited.  We used data collected by the longline fishery in Subarea 88.1 to compare the impacts of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/27 : Author(s): T. Gerrodette and G. Watters (USA)

9. Using acoustic echo counting to estimate grenadier abundance in the Ross Sea (SSRU88.1I)

   Abstract:  Grenadiers (Macrourus spp.) are the main bycatch species in the exploratory longline ... fishery for toothfish in the Ross Sea. Previous studies concluded that acoustics methods could be used to ... index the relative abundance of grenadiers and be useful for exploring spatial distribution. Automated ... longline catches of grenadiers and toothfish. Single targets were most abundant within 250 m of the bottom ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/62 : Author(s): Y. Ladroit, R.L. O’Driscoll and S. Mormede (New Zealand)

10. Redefining the boundary between Divisions 58.5.1 and 58.5.2

    Abstract:  This paper proposes that the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... Resources revise the coordinates of part of the boundary between Statistical Divisions 58.5.1 (the division ... around Kerguelen Island) and 58.5.2 (the division around Heard Island) to coincide with the relevant ... coordinates defined in the 1982 Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between France and Australia. Author(s ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XV/19 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia and France

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