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1. Species profile for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

   Abstract:  A toothfish species profile, covering aspects of the biology, fisheries and stock ... assessment of both toothfish species was completed by Everson (2002). Aspects of the biology of D. mawsoni ... documents to WG-FSA. The aim of the current work was to collate and summarise existing biological data on D ... . mawsoni. The report focuses primarily on data collected from the Ross Sea fishery because this is where ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/26 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

2. Diseases and parasites of penguins

   Abstract:  The study of diseases in wild penguins is important for the identification of endemic ... diseases and the detection of exotic diseases should these occur. It is also important in the understanding ... of the degree to which disease may be expected to influence the results of biological studies ... . Results may be confounded and interpretation made difficult by both the transient and long term presence ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-94/35 : Author(s): J. Clarke and K. Kerry (Australia)

3. Preliminary results from a krill net sampling survey in CCAMLR Area 48.1 in 1989/90 season

   Abstract:  In December 1989/January 1990 main krill concentrations along the Antarctic Peninsula ... occurred NE and SE of Elephant Island, north of the South Shetland Islands, in the central Bransfield ... Strait and in the SW shelf waters. Mean biomass was 10.1 tonnes per nautical square mile, i.e. an ... estimated stock biomass of 950,000 tonnes. The zooplankton, however, was dominated by salps in the entire ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-IX/BG/09 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of EEC

4. Spawning periods and locations of Champsocephalus gunnari in Subarea 48.3 (South Georgia and Shag Rocks): a review

   indicates that they spawn inshore close to the bays and over the shelf to the northeast. There is also ... evidence that spawning is protracted and occurs from January through to July. The majority of commercial ... fishing activities for this species take place to the northwest of South Georgia over 12 nautical miles ... from the coast and do not overlap with important spawning areas. Therefore the current conservation ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/55 : Author(s): S. Clarke, M. Belchier and M.A. Collins

5. KRILL FISHERY REPORT: 2008 UPDATE

   Abstract:  As reported to the CCAMLR Secretariat, 6 vessels from 5 Contracting Parties are fishing ... for krill in Area 48 in the 2007/08 season, and these vessels have taken 84110 t of krill to date. The ... preliminary estimate of the total catch of krill for the season is approximately 108343 t. This compares with ... 104586 t of krill reported in the STATLANT data for 2006/07. With the exception of Poland, all ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/05 : Author(s): Secretariat

6. Krill catch distribution in relation to predator colonies 1987 to 1992

   Abstract:  The distribution of krill catches in relation to land-based predator colonies ... , calculated from CCAMLR fine-scale data, is shown for Subareas 48.1 and 48.2. The pattern of catches in 1992 ... is similar to that seen for other years, with 70% of the total catch from Subarea 48.1 being taken ... within 100 km of colonies and between the months of December to March inclusive (the ‘critical period ...

   Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/10 : Author(s): Secretariat

7. Incidental mortality arising from fisheries activities around Kerguelen Island (Division 58.5.1)

   58.5.1) have been identified. The most significant mortality has been noted during directed trawling for ... Champsocephalus gunnari on the Kerguelen shelf. This is caused by the electrical cable linking the trawler to the ... experimental long-lining cruise in deep waters at the shelf edge also showed the potential impact of this type ... of fishery if it develops in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean. Trammel net fishing for ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-X/BG/14 : Author(s): Delegation of France

8. Measurement of capacity in CCAMLR exploratory fisheries in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2: Secretariat update 2017

   Abstract:  This paper presents an update of the metrics of capacity and capacity utilisation ... fisheries in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. The updated metrics show the same pattern as in previous updates and do ... not indicate an excess of capacity in the fishery. As previously reported, based on a measure of ... potential daily fishing capacity and the catch limit for an area the notified fishing capacity in some ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/05 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat

9. A Proposal for a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) at Inexpressible Island and Seaview Bay, Ross Sea

   Abstract:  China, Italy and Republic of Korea submitted to the next coming CEP XXII- ATCM XLII a ... proposal for the designation of a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) at Inexpressible Island and ... Seaview Bay, Ross Sea. The co-proponents have prepared the draft ASPA Management Plan annexed to this ... paper, in accordance with the requirements of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-38/14 : Author(s): Delegations of China, Italy and Republic of Korea

10. An address to citizen’s marine summit

    Abstract:  The main aims of CCAMLR are reviewed in an essay which discusses the advances in the ... effectiveness of harvesting, arising from developments in science and technology in comparison with the ... essential between fishermen and scientists to ensure the provision of the data needed to test hypotheses ... related to the functioning of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Although currently co-operation is fairly good ...

    Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-93/32 : Author(s): I. Everson (United Kingdom)

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