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Focusing and testing fisher know-how to solve conservation problems: a common sense approach
Abstract: Worldwide, the incidental capture or bycatch of marine organisms, especially mammals ... seabird mortality in two fisheries: the Puget Sound drift gillnet fishery for sockeye salmon and the ... , the cooperative research model we have developed is the same and is proving successful in both. At the ... to solve the problem; 2) Testing the proposed solutions in a collaborative study on active fishing ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/20 : Author(s): E.F. Melvin and J.K. Parrish (USA)
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Seasonal and interannual variation in foraging range and habitat of macaroni penguins at South Georgia
Abstract: In marine ecosystems, characterisation of the foraging areas and habitats of predators ... is a key factor in interpreting their ecological role. We studied the foraging areas of macaroni ... penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia, throughout the breeding seasons of 1999-2001 using satellite ... the breeding season, between sexes, between years and between individuals. During incubation, on ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/19 : Author(s): K.E. Barlow and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)
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Trends in mean lengths and selectivities for Dissostichus eleginoides taken by longliners in Subarea 48.3
Abstract: At its last meeting, WG-FSA noted a declining trend in the mean lengths of toothfish ... caught around South Georgia and Shag Rocks over the period 1995 – 1999. We re-analysed the mean lengths ... found the same declines in mean lengths for the period 1997 – 1999 as previously noted by WG-FSA, but ... . Taking depth and area into account there is less of an apparent decline in mean length over the period ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/48 : Author(s): G.P. Kirkwood and D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom)
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1996/97
Abstract: The results of the first annual survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Signy ... Island, South Orkney Islands are reported for the 1996/97 season. Neck collars of man-made debris were ... around Signy Island Research Station where approximately 1.3% of the fur seal population come ashore. It ... was estimated that the incidence of entanglement was 0.33%. Data are compared with results from a ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/07 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Annual variation in breeding biology of gentoo penguins, (Pygoscelis papua) at Bird Island, South Georgia
Abstract: The breeding biology of the gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua, was studied over a three ... later in 1987, when the breeding population decreased markedly. Factors involved in the timing of ... 14.5 days or less. The incubation period was 35 days and the laying interval, between the two eggs, 3.3 ... supply and chick growth. Chicks left the colony for the first time between 75 and 85 days of age. The ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-90/38 : Author(s): T.D. Williams (United Kingdom)
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Key considerations for planning a large-scale krill survey
Abstract: Article II of the Convention requires the Commission to maintain harvested populations ... management (FBM) approaches for the krill stock in subareas 48.1 to 48.4. These approaches include some which ... (subarea or less). However, periodic large-scale surveys (comparable to the CCAMLR 2000 synoptic survey ... ) might also play a role in the future management of the krill fishery. Such surveys provide an indication ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/27 : Author(s): S. Hill, J. Watkins (United Kingdom), O.R. Godø (Norway), S. Kawaguchi (Australia), D. Kinzey, C. Reiss (USA), V. Siegel (Germany), P. Trathan (United Kingdom) and G. Watters (USA)
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At-sea distribution and prey selection of Antarctic petrels and commercial fisheries
like seabirds. In the Southern Ocean, there is an extensive fishery for Antarctic krill Euphausia ... this context, it is important to consider not only predators breeding near the fishing grounds but also ... the ones breeding far away and that disperse during the non- overlap between the distribution of the ... Antarctic krill fisheries and the distribution of a krill dependent seabird, the Antarctic petrel ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/P15 : Author(s): S. Descamps, A. Tarroux, Y. Cherel, K. Delord, O.R. Godø, A. Kato, B.A. Krafft, S.-H. Lorentsen, Y. Ropert-Coudert, G. Skaret and Ø. Varpe
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Notification for scientific research in 2017/18: proposal to participate in research plan for Antarctic toothfish in Subarea 88.3
Abstract: New Zealand proposes to contribute to a multi-member research plan to sample the ... toothfish population in Subarea 88.3. Although this has been written as a stand-alone proposal, the ... conduct research in this subarea. There is considerable uncertainty about the abundance of Antarctic ... toothfish in Subarea 88.3 and the Scientific Committee has requested members complete research in this area ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-17/38 : Author(s): Delegation of New Zealand
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Review of biological parameters for Ross Sea skates
Abstract: Biological parameters were reviewed and updated for the two main species of skates ... taken as bycatch in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery: Amblyraja georgiana and Bathyraja cf. eatonii ... . Differences in length-weight relationships among regions raise doubt about the conspecificity of A. georgiana ... from the Ross Sea and South Georgia, and of B. cf. eatonii from the Ross Sea and Heard Island and the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/31 : Author(s): M.P. Francis (New Zealand)
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LETTER TO DRS REID, WATTERS AND JONES IN REGARD TO “DISAPPEARANCE OF TOOTHFISH FROM MCMURDO SOUND”
Abstract: We the undersigned wish to bring to your attention a potentially grave situation that ... needs to be addressed without significant delay. Together we have worked in the Ross Sea and vicinity ... for more than 300 person-years, and in the process have gained considerable knowledge about the Ross ... Sea ecosystem. Several recent findings indicate that the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/20 : Author(s): D.G. Ainley, S.F. Ackley, K. Arrigo (USA), G. Ballard (New Zealand), J.P. Barry (USA), L. Blight (Canada), P. Broady, B. Davison (New Zealand), P. Dayton, A.L. DeVries, K. Dugger, J.T. Eastman, S.D. Emslie (USA), C. Evans (New Zealand), R.A. Garrott, G. Hofmann, S. Kim, G. Kooyman, S.S. Jacobs (USA), G. Lauriano (Italy), A. Lescroël (France), D.R. MacAyeal (USA), M. Massaro (New Zealand), S. Olmastroni (Italy), P.J. Ponganis (USA), E. Robinson (New Zealand), D.B. Siniff, W.O. Smith (USA), I. Sti