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1. Proposal for a mark–recapture experiment to estimate toothfish population size in Subarea 48.4

   Abstract:  One UK vessel fished around the South Sandwich Islands (Subarea 48.4) in in July, 2005 in accordance with CM 41-03. During this time fish were tagged in order to start a mark-recapture programme to assess the toothfish population. Catch rates were similar to those experienced in Subarea

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/57 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

2. Estimating fishing gear selectivity for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) caught by trawlers on the Heard Island plateau region (Division 58.5.2) using trawl and longline length frequency data and forward-calculated continuation ratios

   Abstract:  Length-dependent fishing selectivity for trawlers fishing for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) on the Heard Island Plateau (Division 58.5.2) was modelled as a 3-segment linear model, which has ascending lower and descending upper arms corresponding to lower and upper

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/65 : Author(s): S.G. Candy (Australia)

3. Analysis of albatross and petrel distribution within the CCAMLR Convention Area: results from the global procellariiform tracking database

   Abstract:  This paper presents an analysis of the distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the CCAMLR Convention Area (areas, sub-areas, divisions and sub-divisions), based on data from the Global Procellariiform Tracking Database. The results highlight the importance of the CCAMLR area,

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/75 : Author(s): BirdLife International

4. Oceanological factors affecting formation of mackerel icefish aggregations in the South Georgia area during different seasons of the year

   Abstract:  In wintering period icefish do not form aggregations, is feeding inactively and disperse at the depths more than 250 m within rather narrow temperature range (1.6-1,7ºC). In this period the water temperature is a limiting factor restricting fish distribution. In spring-summer icefish are

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/76 : Author(s): Zh.A. Frolkina (Russia)

5. Reasons of differences between distribution and density of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) aggregations in the South Georgia area during summer and autumn periods in different years from the bottom trawl survey data

   Abstract:  During the feeding period icefish aggregations are confined to a frontal zone between opposite flows (coastal circumfluent current and ACC) or formed inside quasistationary circulations, where the largest aggregations of food organisms are concentrated at the beginning of the spring

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/77 : Author(s): Zh.A. Frolkina (Russia)

6. Alternative method of the age composition assessment on the basis of surveys length data using mixture distributions

   Abstract:  On the basis of the bottom trawl surveys carried out by Russia and Great Britain during 2000, 2002, 2004 in the South Georgia area, it is demonstrated that the method by Aitchison and bootstrap method result in different estimates of mean fish density in the length series. Verification

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/78 : Author(s): P. Gasyukov (Russia)

7. Experimental acoustic survey of icefish resources in Subarea 48.3, 2005

   Abstract:  This report describes the activities and preliminary results of the research carried out during January 2005 onboard the FPRV ‘Dorada’ by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Scientists on behalf of UK authorities. Survey Objectives The primary objectives of the proposed survey were to: •

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/79 : Author(s): M. Belchier, M. Collins (United Kingdom), R. O’Driscoll (New Zealand), S. Clarke and W. Reid (United Kingdom)

8. Setting a minimum line length for line sink rate testing: a review of existing data and some preliminary proposals for CCAMLR consideration in revising Conservation Measure 24-02 (2004)

   Abstract:  This paper provides a brief descriptive analysis of some of the available data on the length of longlines used in exploratory fisheries and some of the data describing longline sink rate trials. In Sub-area 88.1 the maximum length of longline used by auto longline system vessels is

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/80 : Author(s): N. Smith (New Zealand)

9. Seal mitigation measures on trawl vessels fishing for krill in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3.

   Abstract:  At the 2004 meeting of the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM) in Siena, Italy, the UK reported on the by-catch of fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the krill fishery around South Georgia, and on mitigation methods that were being developed and deployed to

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/P1 : Author(s): Charman, C., Clark, J., Hooper, J., Agnew, D.

10. Towards a review of the population status and trends of albatrosses and petrels listed within the agreement.

    Author(s):  ACAP Secretariat Title:  Towards a review of the population status and trends of albatrosses and petrels listed within the agreement. Approval:  Approved

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/P2 : Author(s): ACAP Secretariat

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