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1. Population dynamics of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at sub-Antarctic Marion Island: longline fishing and environmental influences

   Abstract:  The Prince Edward Islands support the largest breeding population of the vulnerable ... Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans. The number of birds breeding in this population has fluctuated over ... the past three decades and appears to be the result of both real changes in the size of the population ... and changes in the proportion of the population that attempts to breed in a given year. We describe ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/16 : Author(s): D.C. Nel, P.G. Ryan and J. Cooper (South Africa)

2. Changes to seabird avoidance regulations in Alaska demersal longline fisheries based on scientific research on effectiveness of mitigation measures

   Abstract:  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommended changes to the ... existing regulations for seabird avoidance measures required in the groundfish and halibut demersal ... longline fisheries off Alaska. One of the main recommendations is for the required use of paired streamer ... lines on larger vessels. Changes were based on research results from a two-year study conducted by the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/53 : Author(s): K.S. Rivera (USA)

3. Semi-automated software to count and validate Adélie penguin colonies from aerial photographs

   of nesting Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), on aerial photographs of the Ross Sea sector of ... Antarctica. The software is written in MATLAB ®, is freely available and is deployed to users as a graphical ... , which is slow, and highly-dependent on the skill of the operator. The basis of the semi-automated ... counting procedure is linear discriminant analysis to separate the background (snow, water, rock, bare ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/54 : Author(s): S.J. McNeill, K.J. Barton and P.O’B. Lyver (New Zealand)

4. Extinction risk of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic colonies of Pygoscelid penguins under climate change context

   Abstract:  Several studies have emphasized the variable abundance of Pygoscelid penguins from ... different colonies around Antarctica. In this study, the extinction risk of Adélie, Chinstrap and Gentoo ... penguins was evaluated in order to identify the most endangered colonies under present-day and future ... environmental scenarios. The extinction risk was estimated for twelve colonies from environmentally contrasting ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/74 : Author(s): M. Huerta and S.A. Estay

5. Hydrometeorological condition features in South Orkneys subarea in February–March 1996

   daily indeses of atmospheric circulation for the period February-March 1996, calculated average values ... the period, which along with atmospheric circulation data allow to determine atmospheric circulation ... features over ASA area at the summer period. There are obtained data on thermochaline conditions on the ... polygon near South Orkneys. There are calculated and presented maximum temperature distribution on the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/35 : Author(s): Polischuk, M.I., Shnar, V.N.

6. Vessel notification

   States notify CCAMLR of the intention of their vessels to enter, exit, or move between subareas and/or ... divisions of the Convention Area, was carried out to assess how such a system might strengthen the CCAMLR ... System of Inspection. The study has found that the modified Hail system could strengthen the System of ... . Several modifications are proposed to the existing CCAMLR provisions for advance notification of fishing ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XIV/13 : Author(s): Secretariat

7. Survey database

   Abstract:  Last year, WG-FSA discussed further work on the survey database. It was agreed that the ... exports data from their databases in CCAMLR format. It was also agreed that Members should consider the ... data requirements of the new CCAMLR survey database, and ensure that all essential data are recorded ... and submitted to the Secretariat. In addition, WG-FSA agreed that the Data Manager would develop a ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/7 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

   Abstract:  The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and macaroni penguin (Eudyptes ... chrysolophus) are sympatric top predators that occur in the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are ... , respectively, the main mammal and bird consumers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). In recent years the ... while provisioning their offspring. In this study we test the hypothesis that the increased fur seal ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/22 : Author(s): K.E. Barlow, I.L. Boyd, J.P. Croxall, K. Reid, U.J. Staniland and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

9. A noise removal algorithm for acoustic data with strong interference based on post-processing techniques

   Abstract:  The use of fishing-vessel-based acoustic data has been recognized by SC-CAMLR as an ... important way to estimate the distribution and relative abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ... ), yet the quality and even the utility of the data may be seriously degraded by interferences due to the ... lack of synchronization device for the acoustic instruments equipped on some of the vessels. A simple ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-15/02 : Author(s): X. Wang, X. Zhao and J. Zhang (People’s Republic of China)

10. SC-CAMLR-XXIII

    Full Name:  Twenty-third Meeting of the Scientific Committee Location:  Hobart, Australia Date(s ... Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-third Meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic ... Marine Living Resources SC-CAMLR-XXIII/02 Provisional Annotated Agenda for the Twenty-third Meeting of ... the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources SC-CAMLR-XXIII/03 ...

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