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Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba relative to the proximity of land during summer in the Scotia Sea
Abstract: We studied the relationship between the proximity of land and the distribution and ... swarming characteristics of Antarctic krill across the Scotia Sea in January and February 2003. Krill ... -sectional areas of swarms were significantly larger inshore, with a mean value of 120 m 2 in the 0 to 50 km ... zone compared to <80 m 2 further offshore. The packing concentration of krill within inshore swarms ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P09 : Autor(es): T. Klevjer, G.A. Tarling and S. Fielding
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Censuses in the northernmost colony of Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Abstract: Breeding colonies of the emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri are distributed ... throughout the Antarctic seasonal pack ice zone. One of the last colonies of emperors penguins discovered is ... situated on the south coast of Snow Hill Island, constituting the northernmost colony known in Antarctica ... . We conducted a census of adult individuals using aerial photographs taken from an aircraft flight ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/56 : Autor(es): M. Libertelli and N. Coria (Argentina)
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Streamlining the work of the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (SC-CAMLR)
Abstract: In recent years, the Scientific Committee has been dealing with a great diversity of ... important issues for which the Commission was expecting advice. The current structure of the Working Groups ... meetings and a large diversity of important issues. A number of important issues are not being addressed ... structure of the Scientific Committee. These options include having three meeting periods timetabled ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/59 : Autor(es): G. Watters (USA), A. Constable and D. Welsford (Australia)
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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2015- Part C: Data analysis and MPA scenario development
justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In ... documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment of ... the means and the results of the scientific analyses and the development of objectives and priority ... areas for a Weddell Sea MPA. Here, the delegation of Germany intends to update the Scientific Committee ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/17 : Autor(es): Delegation of Germany
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ANNUAL CHANGES IN SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE OF BY-CATCH FISH COLLECTED BY JAPANESE KRILL SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS IN THE NORTH OF SOUTH GEORGIA (CCAMLR SUBAREA 48.3), DURING AUSTRAL WINTER FROM 2002 TO 2008
Abstract: Species composition and abundance of by-catch fish were analyzed using the fish by ... north of South Georgia during the austral winter from 2002 to 2008. A total of 19 species belonging to 8 ... most abundant. Different life stages of K. anderssoni, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, C. gunnari and L ... around South Georgia. The length frequency distribution of C. gunnari varied with years and may indicate ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/40 : Autor(es): T. Iwami, K. Taki and M. Kiyota (Japan)
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DISCRIMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE THE CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT: THE CASE OF THE ANTARCTIC KRILL FISHERY
Abstract: The use of the catch per unit effort (CPUE) as an index of abundance usually requires a ... standardization process consisting of isolating all those exogenous factors from temporal variations in abundance ... vessel efficiency, variations in fishing strategies, and environmental fluctuations. The selection of the ... latter has been considered to be one of the most difficult, arbitrary, and poorly documented stages since ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/P3 : Autor(es): J.C. Quiroz, R. Wiff, M.A. Barrientos and F. Contreras
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Mercury concentrations of five species of Antarctic fish collected from CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2
slightly lower than the permissible level of 0.5 mg/kg-1 set by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority ... (NZFSA). In contrast, mean levels of mercury for D. mawsoni were 0.10 mg/kg-1 in the 1998 samples and ... 0.16 mg/kg-1 in the 2006 samples, both of which are well below the permissible level. Mercury levels ... whitsoni) being only slightly lower than D. eleginoides, whilst the levels of ice fish (Chionobathyscus ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/24 : Autor(es): S.M. Hanchet, D.M. Tracey, A. Dunn, P.L. Horn and N. Smith (New Zealand)
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Some notes on by-catch of fishes and salps caught by the fishery vessel Niitaka Maru in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (January to February 1999)
fisheries by F/V Niitaka Maru were made from 3 January to 4 February 1999 in the vicinity of the South ... Shetland Islands. Among 74 net hauls quantitatively examined, only a total of 5 specimens of juvenile ... hauls and those estimated value was 20 to 3560 ind./t of krill. By-catch fishes fed on Thysanoessa ... macrura and Euphausia superba was not found in their stomachs. Abundance of salps in krill catches could ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/54 : Autor(es): T. Iwami, S. Kawaguchi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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On observations of ectoparasites of icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in Subarea 48.3 in March 1999
fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in CCAMLR subarea 48.3. During the processing of catches taken in the ... area of the northwestern slope, two species of parasites were revealed: copepod Eubrachiella antarctica ... and leech Trulliobdella capitis Brinkman, 1948. Statistical data collected during examination of more ... than 3.000 specimens of icefish has shown that the average infestation of fish with copepods ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/58 : Autor(es): V.L. Senioukov (Russia)
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The importance of Antarctic Toothfish as prey of Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea: a Review
Abstract: Uncertainty exists over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as ... prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We herein assess relative weight given to direct, observational ... evidence of prey taken, as opposed to indirect evidence from scat and biochemical analysis, and conclude ... of large toothfish and therefore they are not detected in scat or stomach samples; biochemical ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P02 : Autor(es): D.G. Ainley and D.B. Siniff