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1. Albatross populations: status and threats

   Abstract:  The status of the worlds albatrosses are reviewed within the framework of the taxonomic ... changes proposed by Nunn et al. (1996) and Robertson and Nunn (this volume). The latest estimates of size ... of breeding populations (pairs) at all known localities of each of the 24 proposed species are ... population monitoring the status (i.e. population trends) of two-thirds of the worlds ca. 150 albatross ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XV/BG/21 : Author(s): Submitted by SCAR

2. Implementation of Conservation Measure 31-02

   Abstract:  In compliance with CM 31-02 (General Measure for the closure of all fisheries ... ) paragraph 6, this paper reports on the investigation carried out by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office ... into the actions of the UK-flagged fishing vessel Argos Georgia which was unable to remove all its ... fishing gear from the water prior to the notified closure of SSRU C, sub-area 88.1 on 13 December 2011 at ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/BG/30 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

3. Satellite tracking of black-browed and light-mantled sooty albatrosses from Heard Island and potential interactions with fisheries

   Abstract:  The purpose of this document is to inform CCAMLR of the results of a satellite tracking ... ). This was the first time the movements of either species from the island had been studied. Ten black ... foraged on the shelf break within 150 km of Heard Island, and focused 75% of their foraging time in waters ... over submarine canyons on Gunneri Ridge, north east of the island. There was considerable spatial ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/14 : Author(s): K. Lawton, R. Kirkwood and G. Robertson (Australia)

4. Krill fishery report: 2012 update

   have fished for krill in Area 48; one vessel is using the continuous fishing system. The total catch ... were fishing, at the time of preparing this report, and 935 t of krill has been reported so far for ... June. The forecast total catch of krill for this season ranges approximately from 108000 to 151000 t ... . In 2010/11, 13 vessels fished for krill in Area 48 and the total catch of krill was 180986 t; two ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

5. Comparison of catches for toothfish in 58.4.1, 58.4.2, and 48.6 from vessels with anomalous CPUE

   Abstract:  An accurate history of catch is an important input into the assessment of toothfish ... stocks, and uncertainty or bias in the amount of catch from an area must be taken into account in the ... assessment of a stock. In 2013, Korea held a workshop on the anomalous CPUE data reported from some Korean ... vessels in data-poor exploratory fisheries (Delegation of Korea 2013). That paper requested that the data ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-13/57 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A. Dunn, B.R. Sharp (New Zealand), C. Darby (United Kingdom) and O.R. Godø (Norway)

6. Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming

   Abstract:  High-latitude ecosystems are among the fastest warming on the planet. Polar species may ... that, within their main population centre in the southwest Atlantic sector, the distribution of ... Euphausia superba (hereafter, ‘krill’) has contracted southward over the past 90 years. Near their northern ... limit, numerical densities have declined sharply and the population has become more concentrated towards ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/P02 : Author(s): A. Atkinson, S.L. Hill, E.A. Pakhomov, V. Siegel, C.S. Reiss, V.J. Loeb, D.K. Steinberg, K. Schmidt, G.A. Tarling, L. Gerrish and S.F. Sailley

7. Comparisons in prey distribution between inshore and offshore foraging areas of chinstrap penguins and Antarctic fur seals at Seal Island

   (Pygoscelis antarctica) went beyond the inshore region and foraged in the slope/offshore region, even though ... the slope/offshore region was less abundant with krill and more remote from their breeding sites than ... the inshore region. Only diurnal chinstrap penguins foraged in the inshore region. The following ... advantages are considered for visual predators to feed in the slope/offshore region at night:(l) krill showed ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/49 : Author(s): Ichii, T., Bengtson, J.L., Boveng, P., Cameron, M.F., Naganobu, M., Meyer, W.R., Hiruki, L.M., Takao, T., Jansen, J.K., Kawaguchi, S.

8. Bias in acoustic biomass estimates of Euphausia superba Dana to diel vertical migration

   Abstract:  The diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) can greatly bias the ... sonar and independent of the time of day. To demonstrate and quantify these negative biases on both the ... study was collected in the vicinity of Elephant Island, Antarctica during the Austral Summer of 1992 ... . The data includes five surveys conducted from mid-January to mid March. The first and fourth surveys ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/48 : Author(s): D.A. Demer and R.P. Hewitt (USA)

9. Distributions and predator-prey interactions of macaroni penguins, Antarctic fur seals, and Antarctic krill near Bird Island, South Georgia

   Abstract:  We studied the distributions, abundances and interactions of macaroni penguins Eudyptes ... transects radiating from the breeding colonies of the vertebrate predators. We examined the relationships ... between the distributions of predators and their prey with respect to the abundance of krill in the water ... column and marine habitats near the colonies. Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins showed positive ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/12 : Author(s): G.L. Hunt, Jr (USA), D. Heinemann (USA) and I. Everson (United Kingdom)

10. CEMP Fund cameras and satellite transmitter projects in areas of Ukraine responsibility: state and preliminary results

    Abstract:  Ukraine is responsible for support and providing the CEMP Fund cameras and satellite ... transmitter projects in gentoo and Adelie penguin colonies at the Galindez, Petermann, and Yalour Islands. The ... activity in the Ukrainian Vernadsky Antarctic Station area on service of CEMP cameras and installation ... ARGOS satellite tags in penguin colonies as part of the CEMP projects run by USA, Argentina, Poland and ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/34 : Author(s): D. Lutsenko, G. Milinevsky, O. Savitsky, A. Simon, I. Dykyy, M. Telipska, V. Lytvynov and L. Pshenichnov

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