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1. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

   Abstract:  The Southern Ocean is a globally important marine region, providing a range of ... ecosystem services which support human life, health and well-being, including the provision of marine living ... resources, and the regulation of global climate and sea level. Assessing ecological processes in terms of ... the services they provide translates the complexity of the environment into functions which can be ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/21 : Author(s): S.M. Grant, S.L. Hill and P.N. Trathan (UK)

2. An integrated stock assessment for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Division 58.5.2 using CASAL

   using CASAL and demonstrates that all of the data available for assessments, including surveys, fishery ... -binned mark-recapture data, can be incorporated into the model. Earlier difficulties in using CASAL have ... been resolved. The results presented here indicate a general downward bias in the expected recaptures ... showing that the mark-recapture observations indicates a smaller stock size than the other datasets. This ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/64 : Author(s): A. Constable, S. Candy, T. Lamb and I. Ball (Australia)

3. Hydrography and acoustic biomass estimates of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) near the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during January 2000: preliminary results

   Abstract:  To estimate the abundance and distribution of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in ... the vicinity of South Shetland Islands (SSI), a hydroacoustic/oceanographic survey was conducted by ... the R/V Onnuri from 9 to 19 January 2000. The acoustic data were obtained using a Simrad EK500 ... echosounder operating at 38, 120, and 200 kHz, from 8 transects comprising the South Shetland Islands (SSI ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/52 : Author(s): D. Kang, Y. Lee, H.-C. Shin, W. Lee and S. Kim (Republic of Korea)

4. Fish and squid in the diet of king penguin chicks, Aptenodytes patagonicus, during winter at sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands

   Abstract:  The diet of king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, rearing chicks was studied during ... three consecutive austral winters (1990, 1991 and 1992) at Crozet Islands. The mean stomach content mass ... of the 47 samples was 503 g. Percentages of wet and reconstituted masses showed that both fishes (66 ... and 36%, respectively) and squid (34 and 64%) are important components of the winter diet. Juveniles ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/09 : Author(s): Cherel, Y., Ridoux, V., Rodhouse, P.G.

5. Research plan for the 2016/17 exploratory longline fishery of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 by South Africa and Japan

   Abstract:  South Africa and Japan made the next season’s (2016/17) research plan in Subarea 48.6 ... using the updated CCAMLR C2 and Observer data. We have firstly checked data quality and found some ... abnormal data for the two vessels in block 48.6_2, therefore we removed the data for the current analysis ... . We investigated the biological features of D. mawsoni using Observer data. The geographical ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-16/07 : Author(s): Delegations of Japan and South Africa

6. Long term movements and activity patterns of an Antarctic marine apex predator: the leopard seal

   ecosystems through local predation. Here we report on the successful use of micro geolocation logging sensor ... tags to track the movements, and activity, of four leopard seals for trips of between 142-446 days ... including one individual in two separate years.  Whilst the sample size is small the results represent an ... advance in our limited knowledge of leopard seals. We show the longest periods of tracking of leopard ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/P09 : Author(s): I.J. Staniland, N. Ratcliffe, P.N. Trathan and J. Forcada

7. Estimation of the biomass of krill in Prydz Bay during January/February 1991, February/March 1992 and January/ February 1993 using echo integration

   Abstract:  Hydroacoustic surveys of the abundance of krill (Euphausia superba) in the Prydz Bay ... region were undertaken in January/February 1991, February/March 1992 and January/February 1993. The ... surveys indicated some association of krill with the shelf break in the western part of the survey area ... and the centre of the Prydz Bay region but also found that the shelf break was in general not a region ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/21 : Author(s): T. Pauly and I. Higginbottom (Australia)

8. AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS – REPORT TO AD HOC WG-IMAF

   Abstract:  The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels held the Third Session of ... its Meeting of the Parties from 27 April – 1 May 2009. Key outcomes of relevance to the Ad Hoc WG-IMAF ... were the adoption of the Advisory Committee’s Work Programme for 2010-2012 and the granting of approval ... for the ACAP Secretariat to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with CCAMLR. The proposed MoU has ...

   Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-09/17 : Author(s): Submitted by ACAP

9. Analysis of the diet of Champsocephalus gunnari in Subarea 48.3, in late summer of years 1994–97, Dr E. Holmberg surveys

   Abstract:  The diet composition of mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari caught in Subarea 48.3 ... ;Q" (%) methods. Krill (Euphausia superba) followed by the amphipod hyperiid Themisto ... gaudichaudii was the main food item around South Georgia and Shag Rocks in the period investigated, except in ... 1994, when the order of importance of these two organisms in the diet was inverted. The consumption of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/48 : Author(s): Barrera-Oro, E., Marschoff, E., Casaux, R.

10. Scientific background to the proposed East Antarctica Representative System of Marine Protected Areas

    transcription errors were in relation to BANZARE Bank inside the Planning Domain.  No changes to the text have ... been made. This paper summarises the scientific background to the proposed East Antarctica ... Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (EARSMPA), including why the EARSMPA will contribute to the ... Commission achieving the objectives of CCAMLR in Article II, in both conservation and in science relevant to ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-IM-I/10 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegations of Australia, France and the European Union

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