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1. Age estimation and maturity of the ridge-scaled macrourid (Macrourus whitsoni) from the Ross Sea

   Abstract:  Juveniles of the macrourid rattail Macrourus whitsoni were collected by the NIWA research vessel Tangaroa during the BioRoss survey of the Western Ross Sea and Balleny Islands, with the purpose of analyzing the otoliths to generate more accurate age estimates for this species. Intensive

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/20 : Author(s): P.M. Marriott, M.J. Manning and P.L. Horn (New Zealand)

2. Risk categorisation for Macrourus whitsoni and Amblyraja georgiana in the Ross Sea

   Abstract:  This report presents risk categorization tables for Macrourus whitsoni and Amblyraja georgiana, which are the major bycatch species in the exploratory fishery for toothfish in the Ross Sea. Amblyraja georgiana were categorized as risk status 3 – species that are exploited as bycatch, and

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/21 : Author(s): R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)

3. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – Report of the First Meeting of the Advisory Committee Interim Secretariat – Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

   Abstract:  The First Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels was held in Hobart from 20-22 July 2005. This meeting followed the First Session of the Meeting of the Parties, held in Hobart from 10-12 November 2004. Eleven Parties have

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/25

4. New data on Antarctic toothfish and some others by-catch fishes fecundity with gonads histological pictures from Ross Sea region and data on Patagonian toothfish from the Argentina Sea

   Abstract:  Results of samples’ processing fixed from Sub-area 88.1 in the 2003-2004 season aboard f/v «Yantar» operating in the Exploratory Fishery were presented. According to the results of investigation of oocytes’ size composition and histological researches of ovaries at different maturation

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/28 : Author(s): V.G. Prutko and L.A. Lisovenko (Russia)

5. A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2004/05

   Abstract:  The exploratory fishery for Antarctic toothfish (D. mawsoni) has been operating for eight years in Subarea 88.1 and for four years in Subarea 88.2 with a large amount of data collected on toothfish and the associated bycatch. The 2005 D. mawsoni catch was the highest on record with a

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/29 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson, N.L. Phillips and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

6. Preliminary assessment of long-term yield of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) for the Heard Island region (CCAMLR Division 58.5.2) based on a random stratified trawl survey in June 2005

   Abstract:  A survey of Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides,was undertaken in Division 58.5.2 in the vicinity of Heard Island in June 2005 to provide the information for an assessment of short-term annual yield in the 2005/2006 CCAMLR season. This paper provides a preliminary assessment

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/30 : Author(s): A.J. Constable, T. Lamb and R. Williams (Australia)

7. Standardised CPUE analysis of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) fishery in the Ross Sea for the years 1997/98 to 2004/05

   Abstract:  The Ross Sea toothfish fishery has operated during the Antarctic summer (November–May) since 1997 in CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2. Previously, standardised analysis of toothfish CPUE (catch per hook) have been carried out in 2004 calculated CPUE indices for the 1997–98 to 2003–04

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/32 : Author(s): A. Dunn and N.L. Phillips (New Zealand)

8. An updated descriptive analysis of the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) tagging scheme in the Ross Sea for the years 1997/98 to 2004/05

   Abstract:  An updated descriptive analysis of the toothfish tagging programme carried out in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 since 2001 is presented. Tag-release and tag-recapture data are presented for both toothfish species for the Ross Sea (Subareas 88.1 and SSRUs 88.2A–B), and SSRU 88.2E for New Zealand

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/34 : Author(s): A. Dunn, S.M. Hanchet and K. Maxwell (New Zealand)

9. Project of a software catalog of skeletal elements from Antarctic fish species, including some identification facilities

   Abstract:  In our study skeletal elements from fish species of the Antarctic waters were extracted by bioenzyme and compared with the aim to provide a computer supported identification system, including a database of bone pictures and in the near future various identification keys as well,

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/35 : Author(s): J. von Busekist, M. Vacchi and G. Albertelli (Italy)

10. Seabird avoidance measures for small Alaskan longline vessels

    Abstract:  Given the lack of information on appropriate seabird avoidance measures for small Alaskan longline vessels, we determined the “2-m access window”, or the distance astern that longline hooks were accessible to surface foraging Alaska seabirds, for 8 fishing vessels > 7.9 m to 16.8 m (

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-05/36 : Author(s): E.F. Melvin and M. Wainstein (USA)

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