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1. ANNUAL REPORT FROM SCAR TO CCAMLR

   Abstract:  This paper reports on the various activities conducted by or involving SCAR that relate ... biennial business and delegates meetings, as well as reports on progress with the Evolution and ... Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) programme, SCAR-MarBIN, the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder ... Survey and the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) project. The SCAR-MarBIN data portal continues to ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVIII/BG/34 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

2. Laboratory target strength measurements of free swimming Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)

   freely in the tank triggering the data acquisition system when generating a back scattered signal larger ... than a threshold, determined by the system noise level. Dorsal and ventral target strength estimates ... were calculated indirectly by deconvolution of the cumulative probability function of echo ensembles of ... single animal insonifications. For mean length classes in the range [29.6, 36.2] mm the median single ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/75 : Author(s): Pauly, T., Penrose, J.D.

3. SPATIAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ANTARCTIC MARINE BIODIVERSITY

   Abstract:  This paper is based on a presentation given at the Joint CEP/SC-CAMLR Workshop (3-4 ... April 2009). It provides information on the different objectives and types of marine spatial protection ... and management that can be implemented in Antarctic waters, including details on the tools currently ... available under CCAMLR and the Antarctic Treaty. The paper aims to bring together the relevant information ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/09 : Author(s): S. Grant (United Kingdom)

4. Preliminary results of an age/length study of juvenile Notothenia rossii marmorata from Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands

   Islands. Results from the analysis of both structures agreed in 95.5%. Likewise, the examination of ... otolith cross sections of chosen specimens confirmed in all the cases the age readings obtained from the ... second whole sagittal otolith. First October instead of the commonly accepted 1 July, was taken as the ... birth date of the fish, which is discussed. The length-age range of the fish was 18-44 cm and 3-7 years ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-90/09 : Author(s): E. Barrera-Oro and R. Casaux (Argentina)

5. Research plan for toothfish in Division 58.4.4b by Shinsei maru No. 3 in 2014/15

   blocks C and D using CPUE analogy method, Petersen method and CASAL models following the methods ... recommended at the last WG-FSA meeting, although the survey for the current season has not been conducted yet ... . Detailed results using CASAL models in research block C are described in a separated document. The Shinsei ... maru No. 3 will conduct the research in June for the current (2013/14) season, thus we would submit ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/14 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan

6. Antarctic ecosystem management

   for the management of the commercial exploitation of the marine living resources of the Southern ocean ... . More particularly, practical approaches are suggested for managing the exploitation of krill and fish ... in accordance with the objectives and requirements of Article II of the Convention for the ... models, are necessary for assessing any indirect impact that might arise through the exploitation of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-DCH-84/03 : Author(s): D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)

7. Possible effects of different levels of fishing on krill on predators - some initial modelling attempts

   Abstract:  An initial attempt is made to develop the model1ing framework suggested by the Joint ... Meeting of the CCAMLR's WG-Kril1 and WG-CEMP in 1992 to address this issue. First. estimates are made ... of the parameters of predator survival rates as functions of krill abundance, by considering a krill ... developed, in which krill abundance fluctuations impact the predator population, but not vice versa ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/43 : Author(s): D.S. Butterworth and R.B. Thomson (South Africa)

8. Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

   Abstract:  The Antarctic fur seal and macaroni penguin are sympatric top predators that occur in ... the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are, respectively, the main mammal and bird ... consumers of Antarctic krill. In recent years the population of fur seals has increased whereas that of ... we test the hypothesis that the expanded fur seal population at South Georgia may have resulted in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/22 : Author(s): K.E. Barlow, I.L. Boyd, J.P. Croxall, I.J. Staniland, K. Reid and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

9. Net-based verification of acoustic techniques used to identify Antarctic krill

   Abstract:  Acoustic target classification protocols recently adopted by utilising the Stochastic ... during two cruises to the South Georgia region in 1996. For each net-sampled aggregation the differences ... . Using the SDWBA model, dB difference identification ranges based on the length-frequencies of krill in ... of 2-16 dB and (iv) '2 freq 2-12'-with an Sv120-38 range of 2-12 dB The '3 freq model ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-09/04 : Author(s): J. Watkins and S. Fielding (United Kingdom)

10. Domain 1 Marine Protected Area Preliminary Proposal PART A-1: Priority Areas for Conservation

    Abstract:  This document contributes to the planning process for the designation of a Domain 1 MPA ... led by Argentina and Chile. The process has resulted in the compilation, analysis, integration and ... display of a large amount of information, not only contributing to the best science available but also ... providing a platform for the sharing and visualization of information, highlighting the multinational ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/17 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

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