SC-CAMLR-XVIII

Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia for the ninth consecutive winter (1998) and eleventh consecutive summer (1998/99) are reported here. The number of seals observed entangled in the winter (13) represented an 86 % increase on the 1997 winter total and an 87 % decrease on the highest previous total (1992). The proportion of animals Read More
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The results of the third annual survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands are reported for the 1998/99 summer season. There were ten sightings of seals wearing neck collars of man-made debris, although one individual was observed twice and another observed on three separate occasions. Two additional sightings were of animals that had been previously Read More
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This report describes and quantifies the occurrence of anthropogenic feather soiling, marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at breeding sites at South Georgia. In this, the sixth year of standardised recording, an unprecedented quantity of line originating from fishing vessels was recorded in association with wandering albatrosses. Quantities of fishing gear remained within Read More
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Most (52%) of the 306 debris items found in association with seabirds at Marion Island, during the season May 1998 to April 1999, originated from the fishing industry. The most common items found were rope nooses (79) and fishing hooks (28), both originating from the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides longline industry. Wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans took the highest Read More
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This paper describes the first detection of Brucella sp. antibodies in pinnipeds from Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica. Sixteen Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and one Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) sera were tested by the Rose Bengal test (RBT), complement fixation test (CFT), immunodiffusion (AGID) and c-ELISA.
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According to the recommendations of the recent meeting of the CCAMLR Working Group on
Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM-99) a progress report on the plans for the
Russian contribution for the CCAMLR Synoptic Survey is given. A stratified survey design
for the operation by Russian RV "Atlantida" provides a broad area coverage in Subarea 48.4
and meso-scale coverage Read More
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Apart from exploitation of seals and whales, Antarctic fisheries began in the late 1960s with exploitation of the marbled rockcod, Notothenia rossii, in the South Atlantic, a species decimated in the first two years of the fishery following catches of about 500,000t. Two other species have formed the basis of substantial fisheries, krill (Euphausia superba) and mackerel icefish ( Read More
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