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ECOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF HISTORICAL FISH EXTRACTION FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Abstract: A major mid-1980s shift in ecological structure of significant portions of the Southern ... Ocean was partially due to the serial depletion of fish by intensive industrial fishing, rather than ... stocks were on average reduced to <50%, and finally (mid-1980s) to <20%, of original size. Despite ... strong year classes, as is true of such fish elsewhere. A climate regime, the Southern Annular Mode, once ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P07 : Auteur(s): D. Ainley and L. Blight
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A REVIEW OF BIAS AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTARCTIC PACK-ICE SEAL ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES
Abstract: While the joint CCAMLR-IWC workshop will consider a number of parameters for species ... of pack-ice seals focuses primarily on abundance and to a lesser extent trends in abundance. The ... review addresses population surveys and abundance estimates for the four species of phocid seal commonly ... spatial scope covers the circumpolar extent of pack-ice, and the temporal scope spans a period of more ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-IWC-WS-08/06 : Auteur(s): Steinhage, D., Bengtson, J., Blix, A.S., Bester, M., Boveng, P., Laake, J., Cameron, M., Nordøy, E., Forcada, J., Stewart, B., Southwell, C., Trathan, P., Rogers, T., Plotz, J., Bornemann, H.
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Species variability and population structure of Euphausiacea in Admiralty Bay (King George Island; South Shetland Islands) during Antarctic summer
Abstract: The main component of zooplankton in Antarctic pelagic waters, apart from copepods or ... of the penguins and pinnipeds’ diet. Admiralty Bay, because of its specific hydrological conditions ... , is an interesting area for that kind of biological study. Moreover, King George Island, where ... Admiralty Bay is located, is a region of dynamic climate characterized by variable maritime conditions which ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/60 : Auteur(s): A. Panasiuk-Chodnicka, J. Wawrzynek and M. Iwona Żmijewska (Poland)
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Stomach contents of sub-adult Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica
Abstract: The stomach contents of 190 sub-adult (51-100 cm TL) Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus ... primarily piscivorous, feeding on a wide variety of small to medium sized fish. Icefish (Channichthyidae ... (Muraenolepididae) were also important. Glacial squid (Psychroteuthis glacialis) were found in about 20% of stomachs ... of the Ross Sea. Although the study provides an important comparison of diet of adult and sub-adult ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/27 : Auteur(s): D.W. Stevens (New Zealand)
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Report of the South Georgia groundfish survey (Subarea 48.3) in January 2006
the FPRV Dorada. Sixty-three random trawls were undertaken, with 12.3 tonnes of mackerel icesfish ... caught, which produced biomass estimates of between 91000 and 117000 tonnes. The catches were dominated ... by fish of 20-25 cm (putative 2+), but unusually large numbers of fish of ~ 50 cm were also caught to ... the N and NE of South Georgia. Fish in spawning condition (Stage IV) were found at the eastern end of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-06/51 : Auteur(s): M.A. Collins, C. Jones, J. Clark. S. Fielding, J. Slakowski, T. North, W. Reid and J. Watts (United Kingdom)
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Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, summer 2001/02
Abstract: The first midsummer survey of surface-nesting seabirds at Prince Edward Island was ... concerns about the impacts of longline fishing mortality on various albatrosses and giant petrels, there ... was no evidence that populations of these species had decreased. Indeed, the estimate of wandering ... Marion Island as supporting the largest single-island populations of this species. Species that underwent ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/9 : Auteur(s): P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper, B.M. Dyer, L.G. Underhill,R.J.M. Crawford and M.N Bester (South Africa)
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DETECTION OF COLD SEEPS AND HYDROTHERMAL VENTS
Abstract: Cold seeps and hydrothermal vents can be detected by a number of oceanographic and ... geophysical techniques as well as the recovery of characteristic organisms. While the definitive ... identification of a seep or vent and its accompanying fauna is seldom unequivocal without significant effort. We ... suggest an approach to identifying associated VMEs in the CCAMLR region that uses the results of ...
Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/09 : Auteur(s): Logan, G., O’Brien, P.E., Rollet, N., Kennard, J., Jones, A.
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THE ISSUE OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH CCAMLR TAGGING PROGRAM
Exploratory Fisheries), the flag States of fishing vessels participating in exploratory fisheries are ... responsible for ensuring the tagging of Dissostichus spp., tag recovery and correct reporting. At CCAMLR XXVI ... assessment of compliance with the CCAMLR tagging program based on information contained in the Fish Stock ... Assessment Report 2007 and discovered a high level of non-compliance. The lack of reliable information can ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXVII/BG/22 : Auteur(s): Delegation of Australia
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A REVIEW OF THE UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PENGUIN POPULATION AND ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES FOR THE CCAMLR REGION
Abstract: This report reviews the availability of data describing penguin abundance in the CCAMLR ... Convention area, and the uncertainties in deriving overall abundance estimates from these counts. Counts of ... breeding colonies are available from a variety of sources and, when combined, coverage is thought to be ... been collected using various demographic units, and the timing of these have varied relative to ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-IWC-WS-08/08 : Auteur(s): Trivelpiece, W., Fraser, B., Trathan, P., Ainley, D., Southwell, C., Bost, C., Hindell, M., Lyver, P., Ratcliffe, N., Woehler, E.
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Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web
important during spring and summer through the formation of extensive and dense blooms. Although salps are ... reproduction and survival of krill larvae. Here we provide data from 1995 and 1996 that support hypothesized ... proportion of net primary production, and found correlations between herbivore densities and integrated ... chlorophyll-a that indicate that there is a degree of competition between krill and salps. Our analysis of the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/73 : Auteur(s): Hewitt, R., Trivelpiece, S., Fraser, W., Holm-Hansen, O., Siegel, V., Trivelpiece, W., Loeb, V.