Full Name: Working Group on Fish Stock AssessmentLocation: Hobart, AustraliaDate(s): Monday, 13 October 2003 to Thursday, 23 October 2003Submissions Due: Monday, 29 September 2003 (Working Group Paper) Meeting documents Doc Number Title WG-FSA-03/1 Provisional and Annotated Provisional Agenda for the 2003 Meeting of the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG FSA) WG-FSA-03/10 The Evangelistas Islets, Chile: a new breeding site for black-browed albatrossesJ. Arata (Chile), G. Robertson (Australia), J. Valencia (Chile) and K. Lawton (Australia) WG-FSA-03/100 The efficacy of video-based electronic monitoring technology for at-sea monitoring of the halibut longline fishery WG-FSA-03/101 Conservation status of seabirds at risk from longline fishing in the Convention AreaBirdLife International WG-FSA-03/11 Summary report on the status of black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses breeding in ChileG. Robertson (Australia), J. Valencia and J. Arata (Chile) WG-FSA-03/12 Is our attempt to estimate biomass of Antarctic fish from a multi-species survey appropriate for all targeted species? Notothenia rossii in the Atlantic Ocean sector – revisitedK.-H. Kock (Germany), M. Belchier (United Kingdom) and C.D. Jones (USA) WG-FSA-03/13 Analysis of dietary overlap in Antarctic fish (Notothenioidei) from the South Shetland Islands: no evidence of food competitionE. Barrera-Oro (Argentina) WG-FSA-03/14 Report of the Subgroup on Fisheries Acoustics (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, 18 to 22 August 2003) WG-FSA-03/15 Toothfish, skate and longline by-catch survey in Subarea 48.3M. Belchier, M. Collins, M. Endicott, I. Everson, S. Hawkins, T. Marlow, T. Mulvey and R. Paterson (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/16 Aspects of the ecology of the bigeye grenadier at South GeorgiaS.A. Morley, T. Mulvey, J. Dickson and M. Belchier (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/17 Request to conduct an integrated weight longline trial on autoline vessels in Statistical Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 in 2003/04G. Robertson (Australia) and N. Smith (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/18 Streamer lines to reduce seabird by-catch in longline fisheriesE.F. Melvin (USA) WG-FSA-03/19 Off the hook: an informational video for Alaska longlinersE.F. Melvin and D. Mercy (USA) WG-FSA-03/2 List of participants WG-FSA-03/20 Focusing and testing fisher know-how to solve conservation problems: a common sense approachE.F. Melvin and J.K. Parrish (USA) WG-FSA-03/21 Main points in WG-EMM-03/05 (fish monitoring using Antarctic shags) and additional comments, on the recommendation from WG EMM to WG-FSA to be consider in its 2003 meetingR. Casaux, E. Barrera-Oro and E. Marschoff (Argentina) WG-FSA-03/22 CCAMLR streamer line requirements revisitedE.F. Melvin (USA) WG-FSA-03/23 The effectiveness of integrated weight (fast sinking) longlines in reducing white-chinned petrel mortality in the New Zealand ling longline fisheryG. Robertson (Australia), M. McNeill (New Zealand), B. Wienecke (Australia), N. Smith (New Nealand) and M. Bravington (Australia) WG-FSA-03/24 Beached birds: a guide used by north pacific groundfish observers to identify seabirds incidentally caught in fisheriesT. Hass and S. Davis (USA) WG-FSA-03/25 Second International Fishers Forum: executive summary Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council WG-FSA-03/26 The area north of Joinville–D’Urville Islands (Subarea 48.1) a former fishing ground at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula – revisitedK.-H. Kock (Germany), L. Pshenichnov (Ukraine), K. Skora (Poland), Zh.A. Frolkina (Russia) and C.D. Jones (USA) WG-FSA-03/27 Killer whale Orcinus orca and sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus interactions with longline vessels in the Patagonian toothfish fishery at South Georgia, South AtlanticM.G. Purves (United Kingdom), D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom), E. Balguerías (Spain), C.A. Moreno (Chile) and B. Watkins (South Africa) WG-FSA-03/28 Descriptive analysis of acoustic data collected during the 2003 exploratory fishery for toothfish in the Ross SeaR.L. O’Driscoll and G.J. Macaulay (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/29 Review of small-scale research unit boundaries used for the assessment and management of D. mawsoni in Subarea 88.1S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/3 List of documents WG-FSA-03/30 An examination of latitudinal variation in the growth rates of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross SeaP.L. Horn (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/31 Southern seabird solutions – and updateJ. Molloy and N. Smith (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/32 Preliminary assessment of mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, on the Heard Island Plateau (Division 58.5.2) based on a survey in April–May 2003A.J. Constable, C.R. Davies, R. Williams and T. Lamb (Australia) WG-FSA-03/33 Preliminary assessment of Dissostichus eleginoides on the Heard Island Plateau (Division 58.5.2) based on a survey in April–May 2003A.J. Constable, C.R. Davies, R. Williams and T. Lamb (Australia) WG-FSA-03/34 Modelling catch and effort data using generalised linear models with random cruise and stratum-by-year effects: trawl fishery for Dissostichus eleginoides in CAMLR Area 58.5.2S.G. Candy (Australia) WG-FSA-03/35 Modelling catch and effort data using generalised linear models with random cruise effects: trawl fishery for mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in CAMLR Area 58.5.2S.G. Candy (Australia) WG-FSA-03/36 Performance assessment of underwater setting chutes, side setting and blue-dyed bait to minimize seabird mortality in hawaii longline tuna and swordfish fisheries – Final Report August 2003E. Gilman (USA), N. Brothers (Australia), D. Kobayashi, S. Martin, J. Cook, J. Ray, G. Ching and B. Woods (USA) WG-FSA-03/37 Demography and population trends of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrossR. Cuthbert (United Kingdom), P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper (South Africa) and G. Hilton (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/38 Standing stock, biology, diet and spatial distribution of demersal finfish from the 2003 US AMLR bottom trawl survey of the South Shetland Islands (Subarea 48.1)C.D. Jones (USA), K.-H. Kock, (Germany), J. Ashford, A. DeVries, K. Dietrich (USA), S. Hanchet (New Zealand), T. Near, T. Turk (USA) and S. Wilhelms (Germany) WG-FSA-03/39 Information on incidental mortality of seabirds and other protected species in the US West Coast pelagic longline fisheryD. Petersen, L. Enriquez and S. Fougner (USA) WG-FSA-03/4 Species profile: mackerel icefishI. Everson (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/40 Report of the Subgroup on Assessment Methods (London, United Kingdom, 12 to 15 August 2003) WG-FSA-03/41 New Zealand Draft National Plan of Action – SeabirdsJ. Nicolson and D. Randall (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/42 Length at maturity of the Antarctic skates Amblyraja georgiana and Bathyraja eatonii in the Ross SeaM.P. Francis (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/43 Preliminary standardised CPUE analysis of the New Zealand part of the toothfish fishery in CCAMLR Subarea 88.1, from 1988/89 to 2002/03R.G. Blackwell and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/44 The toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997/98 to 2002/03: New Zealand vessel summaryM.L. Stevenson, S.M. Hanchet and P.L. Horn (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/45 Brief Report on the New Zealand BioRoss Research ProgramJ. Burgess (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/46 Information on the spawning season and gonadosomatic indices of Dissostichus mawsoni from Subarea 88.1 in the 2002/03 seasonG.J. Patchell (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/47 Research under way in New Zealand on seabirds vulnerable to fisheries interactionsS. Waugh and S. Grayling (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/48 On the problem of some fish ranges in Subarea 88.1V.G. Prutko (Ukraine) WG-FSA-03/49 Some data on Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni reproduction in the Ross Sea (Subarea 88.1) in the period from December 2002 to March 2003V.G. Prutko and L.A. Lisovenko (Ukraine) WG-FSA-03/5 Bibliography on mackerel icefishK.-H. Kock (Germany) and I. Everson (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/50 On the problem of fish taggingV.G. Prutko (Ukraine) WG-FSA-03/51 Progress toward Australia’s National Plan of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (NPOA-Seabirds)M. Drynan and L. Brown (Australia) WG-FSA-03/52 Research under way in Australia on seabirds vulnerable to fisheries interactionsB. Baker and R. Gales (Australia) WG-FSA-03/53 Progress toward an Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and PetrelsB. Baker (Australia) WG-FSA-03/54 On peculiarities of icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) vertical distribution in different habitatsJ.A. Frolkina (Russia) and V.V. Herasimchuk (Ukraine) WG-FSA-03/55 Peculiarities of icefish Champsocephalus gunnari (Channichthyidae) distribution in South Georgia area during the surveys made by STM Atlantida in 2000 and 2002Zh.A. Frolkina, S.M. Kasatkina and N.N. Zhigalova (Russia) WG-FSA-03/56 Estimates of bird by-catch by IUU vessels in Subarea 48.3, 1998–2001D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/57 The survivorship of rays discarded from the South Georgia longline fisheryM. Endicott and D.J. Agnew (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/58 By-catch of rays in the 2002/03 toothfish fishery around South GeorgiaD.J. Agnew, J. Pearce and M. Endicott (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/59 Skate captures during the 2003 South Georgia research surveyM. Endicott (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/6 Fishery information for WG-FSA-03Secretariat WG-FSA-03/60 The food and feeding of five species of icefish in the Elephant Island – South Shetland Islands Region in March 2003K.-H. Kock, H. Flores (Germany), C.D. Jones (USA), S. Wilhelms and S. Schöling (Germany) WG-FSA-03/61 Diet of two icefish species from the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island, Champsocephalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus 2001–2003H. Flores, K.-H. Kock, S. Wilhelms (Germany) and C.D. Jones (USA) WG-FSA-03/62 Validation of sink rates of longlines measured by two different methodsB. Wienecke and G. Robertson (Australia) WG-FSA-03/63 Rev. 1 A summary of observations on board longline vessels operating within the CCAMLR Convention AreaSecretariat WG-FSA-03/64 Rev. 1 Summary of observations aboard trawlers operating in the Convention Area during the 2002/03 seasonSecretariat WG-FSA-03/65 Rev. 1 A summary of scientific observations related to Conservation Measures 25-01 (1996), 25-02 (2002) and 25-03 (1999)Secretariat WG-FSA-03/66 Fine-scale genetic investigation into Patagonian toothfish structure within the west Indian Ocean sector of the Southern OceanS.A. Appleyard, R. Williams and R.D. Ward (Australia) WG-FSA-03/67 Report of the Subgroup on By-catch WG-FSA-03/68 The Australian exploratory toothfish fishery in CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 in season 2002/03Delegation of Australia WG-FSA-03/69 A review of the Somniousus (sleeper shark) subgenus and a risk assessment of the sleeper shark by-catch caught in Australian sub-Antarctic fisheriesE.M. van Wijk, R. Williams and J.D. Stevens (Australia) WG-FSA-03/7 Survey databaseSecretariat WG-FSA-03/70 Summary and update of tagging of Patagonian toothfish at Heard and Macquarie IslandsDelegation of Australia WG-FSA-03/71 Coordinating approaches to incidental mortality arising from fisheriesA.J. Constable, C. Davies, A.T. Williamson, R. Williams and E. van Wijk (Australia) WG-FSA-03/72 A possible model of metapopulation structure of Dissostichus eleginoides in the southern Indian OceanR. Williams, A.J. Constable, C. Davies and S. Candy (Australia) WG-FSA-03/73 Fish and invertebrate by-catch from Australian fisheries for D. eleginoides and C. gunnari in Division 58.5.2E.M. van Wijk and R. Williams (Australia) WG-FSA-03/74 Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in the diet of upper trophic level predators at South Georgia: implications for fisheries managementK. Reid, S. Hill and T. Diniz (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/75 Rev. 1 Otolith microstructure of juvenile fish, the first annulus radius and pelagic stage duration of icefish Champsocephalus gunnari (Channichthyidae) in the South Georgia areaL.V. Shcherbich (Russia) WG-FSA-03/76 In situ observations of the scavenging fauna of the South Georgia slopeM.A. Collins, I. Everson, R. Patterson, P.M. Bagley, C. Yau, M. Belchier and S. Hawkins (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/77 Assessment of stone crab (Lithodidae) density on the South Georgia slope using baited video camerasM.A. Collins, C. Yau, F. Guillfoyle, P. Bagley, I. Everson, I.G. Priede and D. Agnew (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/77 Text Assessment of stone crab (Lithodidae) density on the South Georgia slope using baited video camerasM.A. Collins, C. Yau, F. Guillfoyle, P. Bagley, I. Everson, I.G. Priede and D. Agnew (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/78 Data and parameter values from the previous year that might be used for assessments at WG-FSA 2003I. Everson (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/79 Incidental mortality of birds on trawl vessels fishing for icefish in Subarea 48.3J. Hooper, D. Agnew and I. Everson (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/8 Notification of Australia’s intention to conduct pot fishing trials in Division 58.5.2 for Dissostichus eleginoidesDelegation of Australia WG-FSA-03/80 Determining toothfish otolith structure using oxytetracycline at South Georgia – a preliminary reportM.G. Purves, M. Belchier, D.J. Agnew, G. Moreno and T.R. Marlow (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/81 Brief report on the sink rates of Spanish system longlines with special reference to the line weighting regimes of Agnew et al. (2000)G. Robertson (Australia), T. Reid and B. Sullivan (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/82 The use of genetic markers to identify the species and provenance of albatrosses among seabird by-catchM.C. Double, C. Abbott and R. Alderman (Australia) WG-FSA-03/83 Proposal for a workshop to examine the influence of Southern Ocean physical dynamics on the population structure and movement of Dissostichus eleginoides and D. mawsoniJ.R. Ashford, E. Hofmann, P. Smith and P. Gaffney (USA) WG-FSA-03/84 Is population structure of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) determined by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current?J.R. Ashford, C.M. Jones, E. Hofmann (USA), I. Everson (United Kingdom) and G. Duhamel (France) WG-FSA-03/85 Sampling toothfish from longlines with unequal probabilitiesJ.R. Ashford (USA) WG-FSA-03/86 Rev. 1 Preliminary results from a study examining spatial structure and connectivity in Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic section of the Southern OceanJ.R. Ashford (USA), A. Arkhipkin (United Kingdom) and C.M. Jones (USA) WG-FSA-03/87 Estimating the age of large numbers of Dissostichus eleginoides caught off KerguelenJ. Ashford (USA), G. Duhamel (France), C. Jones and S. Bobko (USA) WG-FSA-03/88 Can trace element signatures in the otoliths of Dissostichus eleginoides record capture size?J.R. Ashford and C.M. Jones (USA) WG-FSA-03/89 Monitoring of relative abundance of fjord Notothenia rossii, Gobionotothen gibberifrons and Notothenia coriiceps at Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, in years 2000 to 2003E. Barrera-Oro, E. Marschoff, R. Casaux and B. Gonzalez (Argentina) WG-FSA-03/9 The diet of black-browed albatrosses at the Diego Ramirez Islands, ChileJ. Arata (Chile) and J.C. Xavier (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/90 A tagging protocol for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in the Ross SeaN.W.McL. Smith and K.J. Sullivan (New Zealand) WG-FSA-03/91 Seabird mortality and the Falkland Islands trawling fleetB.J. Sullivan, T.A. Reid, L. Bugoni and A.D. Black (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/92 Longliners, black-browed albatross mortality and bait scavenging in the Falkland Islands: what is the relationship?T.A. Reid and B.J. Sullivan (United Kingdom) WG-FSA-03/93 United States research under way on seabirds vulnerable to fisheries interactionsDelegation of the USA WG-FSA-03/94 2003 Report of the CCAMLR Otolith Network WG-FSA-03/95 Operational interactions between cetaceans and the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) industrial fishery off Southern ChileR. Hucke-Gaete, C.A. Moreno and J.A. Arata (Chile) WG-FSA-03/96 Integrating CPUE with the GY model: examination of the effects of shortening the CPUE series and incorporating elements of uncertainty into the D. eleginoides assessment of Subarea 48.3I.R. Ball, S. Candy and A.J. Constable (Australia) WG-FSA-03/97 Progress on the application of an age-structured production model fitted to commercial catch-rate and catch-at-length data to assess the toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) resource in the Prince Edward Island vicinityA. Brandão and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa) WG-FSA-03/98 Analysis of longline fleet operation on the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the subarea of the South Georgia Island (48.3) in 1989–2003N.V. Kokorin and A.F. Petrov (Russia) WG-FSA-03/99 Patagonian toothfish maturity in fishing area 48.3 (South Georgia and Shag Rocks)K.V. Shust and A.N. Kozlov (Russia) This page was last modified on 08 Mar 2016
