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1. Age and growth of Antarctic Euphausiacea (Crustacea) under natural conditions

   Abstract:  Five species of Antarctic euphausiid crustaceans were studied from the Antarctic ... Peninsula and the southeastern Weddell Sea. Life spans range from two years for Euphausia frigida to six ... years for the krill Euphausia superba. Growth in length and weight was calculated by non-linear ... regressions. No difference in growth of krill were observed between the Antarctic Peninsula area and the ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VI/BG/24 : Author(s): V. Siegel (FRG)

2. Reporting and communicating of longline sink rates

   58.4.3b) permit fishing outside of the prescribed season so long as longline weighting protocols are ... complied with. For the purpose of determining whether licensed operators within the CCAMLR Area are ... compliant with these longline weighting protocols CM 24-02 (2005), Australia recommends that the Secretariat ... report, using the CCAMLR Members Only section of the CCAMLR website, longline sink rate compliance for ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVI/27 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

3. New Zealand Draft National Plan of Action – Seabirds

   Abstract:  Information on mackerel icefish that has been presented at WG-FSA is summarised and the ... information augmented by reference to published papers. The New Zealand government has released a draft ... National Plan of Action – Seabirds. The plan will apply to commercial and non- commercial fishing in New ... vessels participate. The plan proposes that Codes of Practice be developed for each fishery, and that the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/41 : Author(s): J. Nicolson and D. Randall (New Zealand)

4. Mesoscale abundance of fish in a ‘box’ west of Elephant Island

   Abstract:  Germany, in close collaboration with the United States Antarctic Marine Living (U.S ... . AMLR) Program, conducted an investigation of an 7 x 10 nm ‘box’ between 100 and 300 m depth to the west ... of Elephant Island (Subarea 48.1) in order to study the meso – scale abundance of demersal finfish ... species. Diversity in the box was relatively low. The most abundant species were Gobionotothen ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-02/21 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock (Germany), C.D. Jones (USA), J. Appel (Germany), G. von Bertouch (CCAMLR Secretariat), D.F. Doolittle (USA), M. la Mesa (Italy), L. Psenichnov (Ukraine), R. Riehl (Germany), T. Romeo (Italy), S. Schöling (Germany) and L. Zane (Italy)

5. Studies of seabirds and seals at Bouvetøya 1998/99

   . The main objective for the 1998/99 expedition was to continue the CEMP-monitoring work initiated in ... 1996/97. The species monitored were Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), Macaroni Penguin ... (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). In addition to the CEMP-work, other ... and pup production of fur seals. The following CEMP-parameters were studied in Chinstrap Penguin and ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/13 : Author(s): K. Isaksen (Norway), O. Huyser, S. Kirkman, R. Wanless and W. Wilson (South Africa)

6. Environmental variability effects on marine fisheries: four case histories

   Abstract:  The changing nature of marine fisheries requires management approaches that recognize ... fishery stocks in which environmental control is a major contributor to structuring the abundance and ... distribution of the stock. Four examples, ranging from Antarctic krill to oysters, are given that clearly ... illustrate environmental control on the fishery. From these examples, we argue that future management ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/66 : Author(s): Hofmann, E.E., Powell, T.M.

7. CCAMLR tagging program: tag link status update

   Abstract:  In order to reflect the level of confidence when linking a tag recapture to a tagging ... event, as well as an indication of the time and effort taken to make the link, the Secretariat ... introduced in 2011 a tag recapture link status code.  For the 2011 season, a total of 1433 tags have been ... returned; 50% provide an exact match with tag numbers held in the database, 22 % provide an exact match ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-12/22 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Posters and other promotional material

   The CCAMLR banner (581.66 KB) gives an overview of what CCAMLR is and what it does. It is ... available for use at events.   The CCAMLR flyer (118.15 KB) gives a short introduction to what CCAMLR is and ... Toothfish (328.63 KB) helps distinguish between the two toothfish species; Patagonian toothfish ... (Dissostichus eleginoides) and Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). The Overboard is not Forgotten (1.26 ...

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9. PiNT – a tool for renaming observer photographs at sea

   Abstract:  Within the CCAMLR area, high quantities of images are collected by scientific observers ... at sea while performing the tasks outlined the Scheme on International Scientific Observation (SISO ... species. In order to maintain version control, to process and file the photographs efficiently, and to ... on which vessel a picture was taken by whom, together with basic information on the picture content ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-15/76 : Author(s): N. Gasco, C. Chazeau, P. Tixier (France), C. Heinecken (South Africa), J. Clark and M. Soeffker (United Kingdom)

10. Preliminary modelling of potential climate-change impacts on krill and a krill-dependent predator in CCAMLR Subareas 48.1 to 48.3

    affect krill resources and the marine ecosystem in Antarctic waters is critical. Previous research has ... assessed the potential consequences of these impacts for both the krill stock and its dependent predators ... using a peer-reviewed krill-predator-fishery ecosystem dynamics model. Initial results demonstrate the ... potential for projected temperature changes to negatively affect the individual weight and population ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/53 : Author(s): E.S. Klein, S.L. Hill, G.M. Watters and J.T. Hinke

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