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1. Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2013–2014

   Island, South Orkneys and at Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula for the period April 2013 to March 2014 ... hydrocarbon soiling (Bird Island) during the reporting period. Overall, the occurrence of beached marine ... debris was above the long-term mean at Bird Island during both summer and winter and was the second ... highest ever recorded in the 24 years of summer surveys and fourth highest ever recorded in 23 years of ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIII/BG/31 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

2. Male krill grow fast and die young

   Abstract:  The size-differentiated sex ratio (proportion of males: POM) of Antarctic krill was ... examined with an extensive dataset derived from scientific surveys in the Indian Ocean sector and the ... southwest Atlantic sector, and from the krill fishery in the Southern Ocean. The percentage of males in size ... , sometimes showed higher values in 45-50 mm krill, but always decreased in the largest krill (>50 mm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/P6 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi, L.A. Finley, S. Jarman, S.G. Candy (Australia), R.M. Ross, L.B. Quetin (USA), V. Siegel (Germany), W. Trivelpiece (USA), M. Naganobu (Japan) and S. Nicol (Australia)

3. Seabird observations in Subareas 48.1, 48.2 and 88.3 and proposal for a new streamer line design

   of the New Fisheries Project developed by Chile in Statistical Subareas 88.3, 48.1 and 48.2. During ... , carrying out bird observations in each one of the 52 castings with the Spanish-designed longlines as well ... . The streamer line suggested by the CCAMLR was not appropriate during wind conditions, so an alternate ... simpler construction and increased visibility. Neither bird capture nor mortality was reported during the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/19

4. Dynamics of Antarctic penguin populations in relation to inter-annual variability in sea-ice distribution

   Abstract:  To investigate the role of sea ice cover on penguin populations we used principal ... regional (from remote sensing data) sea ice variables. Throughout the study period, the Adélie penguin ... apparent inverse density-dependent relationship between the number of Adélie breeding pairs and the number ... or breeding success and the local sea ice conditions. However, the regional sea ice extent at a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/10 : Author(s): Murphy, E.J., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N.

5. Herpes virus antibodies in Arctocephalus gazella from Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica

   bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) strain. Antibodies against BHV-1 were detected in four (7.4%) samples. The ... utility of the extra vascular fluid for serological research in this matter is suggested. It is also ... recognized the microneutralization test as sensitive method for this search. This finding also contribute ... with the knowledge confirming the extended distribution range of herpesvirus, affecting a large number ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/59 : Author(s): O. Blank, J.M. Montt, M. Celedón and D. Torres (Chile)

6. Effect of a shore-based sampling program on Notothenia coriiceps populations

   Abstract:  The effect of an intensive sampling programme on an inshore population of Notothenia ... summers of 1992/93 to 1994/95 at one specific zone (site 1) with those taken in the same last summer at ... two close but not previously sampled zones (sites 2 and 3). The fish were caught with trammel nets ... in length (TL) of the fish was observed throughout the whole period. The fish from sites 2 (x=32.4 cm ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/24 : Author(s): R. Casaux and E. Barrera-Oro (Argentina)

7. Models of larvae dispersion of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   from the Antarctic continent north to approximately 57° S. Efforts to understand early life history and ... stock structure in the Ross Sea have parallels for populations in other regions of the Antarctic, and ... hypotheses about how stock structure is maintained may apply to each population. We provide an update of the ... circumpolar models of larval dispersion for D. mawsoni developed by Hanchet et al. (2008) using the HiGEM ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/48 : Author(s): A. Dunn, G.J. Rickard, S.M. Hanchet and S.J. Parker (New Zealand)

8. Korean research plan for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 88.3 in 2015/16

   Abstract:  The subarea 88.3 is a large area contained from 105°W to 70°W where has been closed to ... directed fishing following the results of a Chilean survey activities in 1998 (SC-CCAMLR-XVII/BG/7 ... ). Previous three research surveys conducted by the New Zealand and the Russian flagged vessels since 1998. It ... was noted that 8 D. Mawsoni were tagged by the New Zealand in the 2004/2005 season and 123 D. Mawsoni ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/09 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea

9. Identification of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins in South Shetland and South Orkney Islands: a comparison of two different approaches

   on pre-existing approaches but revised according to the specific ecology of Pygoscelis penguin ... species; • Key improvements to the pre-existing approach include 1) refining track interpolation methods ... , and 2) revision of parameters for the kernel analysis (the smoothing factor and the utilization ... distribution); • We applied the revised method to 24 datasets of tracking data (three species, seven colonies ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-17/35 : Author(s): M.P. Dias, A.P.B. Carneiro, V. Warwick-Evans, C. Harris, K. Lorenz, P. Trathan

10. Procedures for proposals and reporting on research plans in data-poor fisheries

    Abstract:  Noting the large increase in new research proposals tabled targeting toothfish across ... the Convention Area, and the relative lack of progress in achieving research objectives in some areas ... , WG-SAM-17 recommended that the procedures for research plan proposals in data poor fisheries be ... compiled and further developed to bring together the advice from the Scientific Committee and its Working ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/13 : Author(s): S.J. Parker and D.C. Welsford

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