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Update for CCAMLR WG-EMM on the BAS, BirdLife, SCAR penguin tracking database development and analysis project
Abstract: In late 2012 SCAR, BirdLife and BAS developed a successful proposal (to the UK Darwin ... Plus Fund) to build an integrated database that would facilitate the analysis of penguin tracking data ... . The database will have a web-based user interface that will allow data holders to submit data and ... attach a range of access levels; access may be granted only to the data holder, to a wider group, or to a ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/03 : Author(s): P. Trathan, B. Lascelles (United Kingdom) and M. Hindell (Australia)
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Progress report of the CEMP camera network in Subarea 48.1
Abstract: We provide a brief update on the progress of our project “Establishing a CEMP Camera ... Network in Subarea 48.1”. The project was initiated with support from the CEMP Fund in 2014/15. The ... cameras was conducted mainly during the 2015/16 field season. However, early installation and/or inclusion ... for analyzing the photographic data. We expect estimates of breeding chronology and reproductive ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/58 : Author(s): J. Hinke, G. Watters, M. Santos, M. Korczak-Abshire, G. Milinevsky, A. Barbos, C. Southwell and L. Emmerson
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Autoliners and seabird by-catch: do line setters increase the sink rate of integrated weight longlines?
vessels in the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands Patagonian toothfish fisheries to deter seabirds, ostensibly ... by expediting gear sink rates. A trial was conducted in the Ross Sea in 2007 to determine the ... longlines set with and without a line setter were identical, including in the first few metres of the water ... column where seabird interactions are likely to be most intense. The results reveal that line setters ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/13 : Author(s): G. Robertson (Australia), J. Williamson, M. McNeill (New Zealand), S. Candy (Australia) and N. Smith (New Zealand)
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THE ANTARCTIC KRILL AND ECOSYSTEM SURVEY WITH R/V “G. O. SARS” IN 2008
Abstract: This report describes the multipurpose AKES survey (Antarctic Krill and Ecosystem ... Studies) carried out with R/V G. O. Sars, 4.01-27.03.08, including some selected results. The main ... purposes for the AKES project were to • evaluate the links between the krill resources and distribution in ... the area and Bouvetøya based mammals and birds • study krill biology and ecology • establish TS ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/28 : Author(s): S.A. Iversen (Norway), W. Melle, E. Bagøien, D. Chu, B. Edvardsen, B. Ellertsen, E. Grønningsæter, K. Jørstad, E. Karslbakk, T. Klevjer, T. Knutsen, R. Korneliussen, H. Kowall, B. Krafft, S. Kaartvedt, P.B. Lona, S. Murray, L. Naustvoll, L. Nøttestad, M. Ostrowski, V. Siegel, Ø. Skagseth, G. Skaret, H. Søiland, X. Zhao and C.B. Årnes
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Review of depredation mitigation methods applied within the CCAMLR Statistical Area
growing issue in fisheries around the world. Within the CCAMLR management killer whales and to a lesser ... sp.). Several measures have been developed and tested over the years to mitigate depredation by ... sound, the physical protection of the catch by nets, hooks or wires or changes in fishing practise such ... of different length. However, deterrents and in particular acoustic deterrents have the potential to ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/28 : Author(s): R. Faulkner, N. Edmonds and M. Soeffker (United Kingdom)
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Proposal to modify Conservation Measure 24-02 regarding the use of a streamer line
Abstract: The activities of the CCAMLR to minimize incidental mortality of seabirds in the course ... of longline fishing or longline fishing research in the Convention Area are carried out by means of ... : a) use a streamer line and b) control of the longline weighting rate. Currently, according to CM 24 ... pecking up the bait from hooks by controlling longline sink rates and line-weighting regimes (CM 25-02 ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/23 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation
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Developing a strategy for coordinated research leading to achievement of the CCAMLR objectives for Antarctic toothfish (D. mawsoni) in Area 48
the objectives of the Commission, across the whole of Area 48. Co-ordinated by WG-SAM and/or FSA, a ... high level strategic approach will allow the formulation of research hypotheses and associated ... objectives that allow proponents to design their proposals and provide a structure against which the research ... and results can be subsequently evaluated. A time schedule, in the form of a project plan with ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/54 : Author(s): C. Darby and M. Söffker
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SOME POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS TO CEMP STANDARD METHODS A3A, A3B AND A9 TO ALLOW GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF BREEDING POPULATION COUNT DATA
Abstract: At WG-EMM-09 the Working Group noted that the photographic method used in WG-EMM-09/38 ... ). This paper reviews aspects of Methods A3a, A3b and related A9 (breeding chronology) in the most recent ... version of the CEMP Standard Methods that are relevant to this proposal, outlines some difficulties in the ... practical application of these Methods, and proposes some general modifications to the Methods to allow ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/38 : Author(s): C. Southwell (Australia)
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Incident of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) mass infection near the coasts of South Georgia Island (Subarea 48.3)
Abstract: In the north-eastern part of South Georgia Island shelf (Subarea 48.3) on 30 July 2001 ... for the first time we found out young and mature antarctic krill Euphasia superba individuals affected ... by the disease that had not been described earlier. In the period of winter and spring some males and ... females Euphasia superba of all size groups- from 27 to 52 cm- were affected. From winter to spring the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/13 : Author(s): M.S. Savich (Ukraine)
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Preliminary estimation of ray by-catch in the longline fishery in Subarea 48.3
Abstract: The total capture of rays in the Subarea 48.3 longline fishery is composed both of rays ... brought on board and a number that are knocked off the line or fall off before they reach the deck. We ... information collected by observers on the rays appearing during their tally period. This estimate is entirely ... independent of vessel records of landed and discarded rays. For the one vessel that we have good species ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/55 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, J. Pearce and M. Endicott (United Kingdom)