Résultats de la recherche
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Fishing for toothfish using pots: results of trials undertaken around South Georgia, March–May 2000
Abstract: During the period March to May 2000, the UK undertook trials of a pot fishing method to ... trial, the results, and discusses the commercial viability of this fishing method for toothfish ... of crab species. The catch rate of toothfish was notably lower than that achieved in the longline ... fishery. Importantly, the use of pots eliminated bird bycatch. To capitalise on this feature, there is a ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-00/23 : Auteur(s): D. Agnew, T. Daw, M. Purves and G. Pilling (United Kingdom)
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Catchability of midwater trawls in relation to krill fishery
estimation of total krill lengths distribution, obtained on the basis of trawl samples from different catched ... total distribution of krill length, obtained using weighting of trawl samples (usually 200 ind.) against ... the catch, may considerably differ (statistically significantly) from that calculated on the basis of ... trawling. The example of trawl samples processing for the study area off Elephant Island is presented ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/20 : Auteur(s): S.M. Kasatkina (Russia)
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Trends in relative abundance of fjord Notothenia rossii, Gobionotothen gibberifrons and Notothenia coriiceps in trammel net catches at Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands
Abstract: A monitoring program of demersal fish in inshore sites of the South Shetland Islands ... has continued in Potter Cove from 1991 to 1998, covering a continuous sampling period of 15 years and ... in Harmony Cove, Nelson Island, in the austral summer 1995/96. The decline in trammel net catches of ... fjord fishes of the species Notothenia rossii and Gobionotothen gibberifrons in relation to the non ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/57 : Auteur(s): E. Barrera-Oro, E.R. Marschoff and R.J. Casaux (Argentina)
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Data from recent trawl surveys in the vicinity of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2), reveal an unusual cohort structure in the mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) population
Abstract: Surveys of mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, was undertaken in Division 58.5.2 ... in the vicinity of Heard Island during September 2010 and April 2011, to provide information on the ... population dynamics of this species, and to provide a basis for an assessment of short-term annual yield in ... the 2011/2012 CCAMLR season. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of yield for the area of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/22 : Auteur(s): D.C. Welsford (Australia)
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DEPREDATION AROUND SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON STOCK ASSESSMENT OF D. ELEGINOIDES
levels of depredation caused by killer whales (Orcinus orca) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocaphalus ... ) around South Georgia. Since 2003 cetaceans have been observed on 3000 out of 14644 observed lines (20.5 ... examined and varied from 0.9% to 5.8% of the TAC per year over the time period. Additional work was also ... conducted which looked at the behaviour of cetaceans around fishing vessels in the area. To aid ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/16 : Auteur(s): J. Moir Clark, D.A. Agnew, P. McCarthy and M. Unwin (United Kingdom)
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ACCURACY OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE BY-CATCH IDENTIFICATION BY OBSERVERS OPERATING IN THE HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS PATAGONIAN TOOTHFISH LONGLINE FISHERY
Abstract: As a means of testing the accuracy of observer identifications and to provide ... Antarctic Division (AAD). Observers displayed a high level of accuracy (89%) in the identification of ... longline invertebrate by-catch. Common taxonomic errors included the misclassification of stylasterids ... training in the classification of cnidarians (stony corals, soft corals and stylasterids) and coral-like ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/23 : Auteur(s): T. Hibberd (Australia)
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ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH STOCK ASSESSMENT IN DIVISION 58.4.1 ON THE BASIS OF CPUE DATA
Abstract: An attempt to use CPUE data based on data of erussian observers in the assessment of ... division (e.g. WG-SAM-08/4), the assessment was intended to be independent of estimates of toothfich stock ... biomass in the Ross Sea. As a result of implementation of a dynamic production model, current biomass in ... this division is estimated as about 15000 t, while the estimate of virgin biomass B0 is found to be ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-09/12 : Auteur(s): D. Vasilyev, K. Shust, V. Tatarnikov, I. Istomin and A. Petrov (Russia)
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USING GENERALIZED DISSIMILARITY MODELLING TO ANALYSE AND PREDICT PATTERNS OF BETA DIVERSITY IN REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT
predicting spatial patterns of turnover in community composition (beta diversity) across large regions. The ... approach is an extension of matrix regression, designed specifically to accommodate two types of ... ) the variation in the rate of compositional turnover at different positions along environmental ... gradients. GDM can be further adapted to accommodate special types of biological and environmental data ...
Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/P03 : Auteur(s): Richardson, K., Manion, G., Ferrier, S., Elith, J.
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Community Structure of copepods in epipelagic layers in the Ross Sea and neighboring waters
Abstract: During the 9th research cruise of the R/V Kaiyo-maru, copepod samples were collected ... groups by cluster analysis based on species abundance and composition. Group 1 located in the north of ... the Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current was characterized by high abundance (157.5 ... -2279.5; mean 610.5 inds. 1000 m-3) and dominance of Rhincalanus gigas (mean 88.4%). Group 2 located off ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/36 : Auteur(s): Y. Watanabe, S. Sawamoto, T. Ishimaru and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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UPDATE ON ITEMS OF INTEREST TO WG-IMAF
Economic Zone that are relevant to the work of WG-IMAF. These developments include refinement of the ... requirement of fishing practices to reduce seabird bycatch by surface longline vessels and the introduction of ... regulations to reduce seabird bycatch by bottom longline vessels. The bycatch of seabirds by fisheries within ... (Convention seabirds) is detailed. This paper includes a tabulation of observed captures by species and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/47 : Auteur(s): N. Walker (New Zealand)