SC-CAMLR-XVI

A CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) has been initiated by Norway at Bouvetøya, South Atlantic Ocean. A permanent research station was established at the CEMP site, Nyrøsa, on the western coast of the island during the 1996/97 field season. Species included in the monitoring program are the Chinstrap Penguin, Macaroni Penguin and Antarctic Fur Seal. During the first field season (1996/ Read More
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In the fourth year of standardised recording of man-made debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, ingested and regurgitated plastic items were reported for wandering albatrosses (three items), grey-headed albatrosses (one item) and white-chinned petrels (two items). Fishing gear was reported in association with grey-headed albatrosses (four squid jigs), black-browed Read More
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The results of the survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia for the sixth consecutive winter (1996) and eighth consecutive summer (1996/97) are reported. In winter 17 seals were observed entangled, double the number in 1995 and the third highest total so far. As usual most (88%) entanglements were of juveniles; however one-third were of females, an unusually Read More
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The results of the first annual survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands are reported for the 1996/97 season. Neck collars of man-made debris were seen on 12 seals, all of which were juvenile males. Five entangled seals were observed in an area around Signy Island Research Station where approximately 1.3% of the fur seal population come ashore. It was Read More
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The first reports of commercial catches of Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides made in the vicinity of the Prince Edward Islands, a South African territory in the Indian Ocean Sector of the Southern Ocean, surfaced early in 1996. This generated both national and international interest in the fishery leading to a great influx of vessels to the area. By the end of 1996 up to 40 vessels Read More
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Observations of natural and man-made floating megalitter, macrolitter and mesolitter in the Pacific section of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from December 1994 to March 1995 are reported. Natural megalitter, mostly seaweed, was concentrated In the more northern latitudes near the start and finish of the expedition, especially near the Antarctic Convergence south of the Tasman Sea. Man- Read More
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We have compiled the records of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) entangled in marine debris (neck collars) at SSSI N°32 and CEMP site 'Cape Shirreff and San Telmo islets', Livingston island, Antarctica, obtained during the summer seasons between 1988 and 1997.
Our results indicate that 45% of the entanglement material found in a total of 20 individuals (nine subadult males, four Read More
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