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1. Foraging response of Antarctic fur seals to changes in the marine environment

   Abstract:  This study examined the relative contribution of environmental variation and the ... seasonal demands of pup rearing on the foraging behaviour of female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus ... recorders measured the diving behaviour of 72 individuals during a total of 385 foraging trips totalling ... 1964 d at sea. The frequencies of krill, fish and squid in the diet were estimated from prey items ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/35 : Auteur(s): D.J. McCafferty, I.L. Boyd, T.R. Walker and R.I. Taylor (United Kingdom)

2. ENTANGLEMENT OF ANTARCTIC FUR SEALS ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA IN MAN-MADE DEBRIS AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA DURING THE 2007 WINTER AND 2007/08 BREEDING SEASON

   Abstract:  Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at ... summer (November 2007 to March 2008) are reported here. During the reporting period of 1 April 2007 to 31 ... March 2008 a total of 36 entangled seals were observed. Sixteen and 20 entanglements were observed in ... for 25% of winter and 10% of summer entanglements. During winter, synthetic string/longline material ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/27 : Auteur(s): E.W.J. Edwards (UK)

3. DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT

   Abstract:  Measures are developed which aim to summarise the quality of fishing event, catch, and ... biological sampling data from a fishing trip. In particular these measures aim to quantify the prevalence of ... position or time reporting errors, the diversity of catch, the extent to which catch data follow Benford ... 's Law for the distribution of the first significant digit, whether length-frequency data have been ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-08/13 : Auteur(s): D.A.J. Middleton and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

4. Water mass distribution and circulation west of the Antarctic peninsula and including Bransfield Strait

   Abstract:  Historical hydrographic data from Bransfield Strait and the region west of the ... Antarctic Peninsula were analyzed to provide a description of water mass distributions and circulation ... patterns. Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), which is characterized by temperatures above 1.0°C, salinities of ... this water mass floods the continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula. CDW is also found in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/67 : Auteur(s): Smith, D.A., Lascara, C.M., Klinck, J.M., Hofmann, E.E.

5. Spatial scales of benthic invertebrate habitats from fishery by catch and video transect data in the Ross Sea region

   presence of sponge and/or gorgonian bycatch are identifiable, as are several areas of dense fishing effort ... with no evidence of sponge or gorgonian presence. Identifiable sponge and/or gorgonian habitats ... occurred at a typical scale of 10-30 km 2, though some sponge habitats appeared larger. Spatial analysis of ... these data allows the detectability of sponges and gorgonian corals to be estimated, along with changes ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/28 : Auteur(s): S.J. Parker, R.G. Cole and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

6. A tale of two islands: contrasting fortunes for sub-Antarctic skuas at the Prince Edward Islands

   Abstract:  Subantarctic skuas Catharacta antarctica are key predators of burrowing petrels at sub ... -Antarctic islands, and can be used to monitor the health of burrowing petrel populations. A survey of skuas ... December 2001. Prince Edward Island (46 km 2) remains free of introduced mammals, whereas Marion Island ... (290 km 2) had a feral population of cats from the 1950s to 1980s, and still supports a large ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P03 : Auteur(s): P.G. Ryan, P.A. Whittington and R.J.M. Crawford

7. A von Bertalanffy growth model for Division 58.5.2 fitted to length-at-age data and a comparison of predicted with observed growth from mark–recapture data

   variable probability (VP) sampling of fish that were aged. Sub-sampling of random length frequency (LF ... ) data used to obtain the samples of fish for ageing used length-bin sampling involving a fixed sample ... size per bin. Estimation of the VB parameters used a definition of the maximum likelihood which took ... into account VP sampling due to length-dependent selectivity of trawl fishing and also accounted for ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-06/07 : Auteur(s): S.G. Candy, A.J. Constable, T. Lamb and R. Williams (Australia)

8. Preliminary examination of otolith microchemistry to determine stock structure in Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) between SSRU 88.1C and 88.2H

   Abstract:  Life history characteristics of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), were ... concentrations in the otolith edge and then to (ii) assess the potential of natal signatures to distinguish ... shown. This resulted in the correct classification of 63% of fish overall to their original capture ... sites. Discrimination of otolith natal signatures using Al:Ca and Zn:Ca showed greater classification ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-14/33 : Auteur(s): R. Tana, B.J. Hicks, C. Pilditch and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)

9. Proposed continuation of a multi-Member longline survey on Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in Statistical Subarea 48.6 in 2019/20 by Japan, South Africa and Spain

   assessments of the D.mawsoni stock in this subarea (FSA-18/34). The continuation of the three-member research ... proposal for 2019/20 season is presented to ensure continuity of previous research activities. Data and ... investigations about the population structure and various demographic parameters of Antarctic toothfish ... techniques, pop-up tags and genetic analysis will provide the basis for the development of spatial population ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-2019/13 Rev. 1 : Auteur(s): Delegations of Japan, South Africa and Spain

10. Engaging ‘the crowd’ in citizen science and remote sensing to learn about habitat affinity of two Southern Ocean seals

    presence/absence patterns of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), and has recently been adapted for ... efficient method to screen large numbers of images (and hence area) for undertaking census counts of Weddell ... images of the pack ice acquired during October 2018 in the Weddell Sea to identify presence/absence of ... 852 VHR images, composed of a series of tiles called “maps”, across both campaigns. The circum ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/37 : Auteur(s): M.A. LaRue, D.G. Ainley, J. Pennycook, K. Stamatiou, M. Dozier, J. Saints, L. Sales, N. Nur, S. Stammerjohn and L. Barrington

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