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Distribution and diet of juvenile Patagonian toothfish on the South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves (Southern Ocean)
Abstract: The distribution and diet of juvenile (<750 mm) Patagonian toothfish are described ... from 4 annual trawl surveys (2003-06) around the island of South Georgia in the Atlantic sector of the ... the four years surveyed. Most juveniles were caught on the Shag Rocks shelf to the NW of South Georgia ... , with fish subsequently dispersing to deeper water around both the South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/P4 : Author(s): M.A. Collins, K.A. Ross, M. Belchier, K. Reid. (Mar. Biol., 152: 135–147 (2007)).
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Modelling Movement of Antarctic Krill (MMAK): the importance of retention, dispersal and behaviour for krill distribution – a project update
Abstract: This paper provides an update on the joint UK-Norway MMAK project, funded by the ... Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund, to improve current understanding of the regional and local-scale processes ... that influence the distribution of Antarctic krill in CCAMLR Area 48, focussing in particular on the ... investigate the impact of physical and behavioural processes on the distribution of krill in this area, at ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/06 : Author(s): S.E. Thorpe, E.F. Young, E.J. Murphy, O.R. Godø and A.H.H. Renner
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Proposal for managing scientific reference material to support ongoing discussions in the Commission
Abstract: SC-CAMLR increasingly needs to make reference material available to the Commission for ... placed into ‘Fishery Reports’ or the annual reports of the meetings. However, some reference material is ... preferred not to be in the public domain, therefore not in those reports. Other material may be provided by ... repository to enable ready access during deliberations of the Commission. By example, in 2014, the SC-CAMLR ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/01 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia
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Criteria for the Selection of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Abstract: Selection criteria have been widely advocated as a tool to assist in the identification ... ). The application of selection criteria can assist in evaluating candidate sites, prioritising areas ... that merit protection, and determining the appropriate design and boundaries for selected areas. While ... they do not provide definitive answers to questions relating to the location and design of protected ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/24 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the WCPFC Convention Area and overlap with WCPFC longline fishing effort
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the ... area under the jurisdiction of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), using data ... from the BirdLife Global Procellariiform Tracking Database. • The WCPFC area includes 41% of the global ... significant proportion (>40%) of their time in high seas areas. Key high seas areas include the Tasman Sea ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/19 : Author(s): C. Small (BirdLife International)
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High-resolution ocean modelling of the South Georgia and South Orkney Islands regions
Abstract: The marine ecosystem associated with the ocean shelves around South Georgia and the ... South Orkney Islands is highly productive, with a history of commercial exploitation. Many of the key ... oceanographic and ecological processes that determine the structure and functioning of this ecosystem operate ... numerical models. Here we describe the development of two regional ocean models that will be used to examine ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/15 : Author(s): E. Young, E. Murphy and P. Trathan
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Multiyear changes in distribution and abundance of Salpa thompsoni in the Western Antarctic Peninsula region
Abstract: The most common and widespread salp in the Southern Ocean is Salpa thompsoni. It is ... characterized by a circumpolar distribution and its appearance is clearly associated with the occurrence of the ... Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). This area of the Southern Ocean is characterized by a relatively low ... productivity and high water temperature. In recent years the expansion of distribution range of this ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/75 : Author(s): A. Panasiuk, A. Słomska, J. Wawrzynek, M. Konik and A. Weydmann
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Spatial distribution and swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill around the South Shetland Islands
Abstract: The spatial distribution and swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill were studied ... using the swarm-based method established in SG-ASAM-17. Acoustic data were collected from the FV Fu Rong ... 2013, March 2015, January 2016 and February 2018 around South Shetland Islands. The swarm ... , thickness and length of swarms were estimated from the 120kHz data. The full spatial distributions of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/42 : Author(s): X. Yu, X. Wang and X. Zhao
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ANTARCTIC KRILL DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS WEST OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA IN 2010/11
Abstract: A krill net sampling survey was carried out west of the Antarctic Peninsula in January ... . The survey was a joint German and US effort. While the US AMLR Survey section covered the area between ... Elephant Island and the western entrance of Bransfield Strait, the “Polarstern” survey grid followed back ... , Salpa thompsoni. The results of this survey represent the most complete picture of the spatial ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/13 : Author(s): V. Siegel (Germany), C. Reiss (USA), K. Dietrich (USA), M. Haraldsson (Sweden) and G. Rohardt (Germany)
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED (IUU) FISHING IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
Abstract: PROPOSAL The delegation of New Zealand proposes that the Commission adopts a new ... resolution on IUU fishing in the CCAMLR Convention Area. PURPOSE The proposed resolution seeks a ... reaffirmation by CCAMLR Members of their commitment to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing in the CCAMLR ... action taken by CCAMLR, notably through relevant CCAMLR Conservation Measures addressing the problem of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXIX/36 : Author(s): Delegation of New Zealand