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1. A TALE OF TWO ISLANDS: CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR SUBANTARCTIC 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 at the Prince Edward Islands was conducted during December 2008, repeating a previous survey

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P3 : Auteur(s): P.G. Ryan, P.A. Whittington and R.J.M. Crawford

2. RECENT POPULATION ESTIMATES AND TRENDS IN NUMBERS OF ALBATROSSES AND GIANT PETRELS BREEDING AT THE SUB-ANTARCTIC PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS

   Abstract:  The second mid-summer survey of surface-nesting seabirds at the Prince Edward Island group (Marion and Prince Edward islands) was conducted during December 2008, seven years after the initial midsummer survey. Wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans may have decreased slightly at Prince

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P4 : Auteur(s): P.G. Ryan, M.G.W. Jones, B.M. Dyer, L. Upfold and R.J.M. Crawford

3. ESTIMATES OF NUMBERS OF KELP GULLS AND KERGUELEN AND ANTARCTIC TERNS BREEDING AT THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS, 1996/97–2008/09

   Abstract:  Breeding numbers of Laridae and other surface-nesting seabirds have been monitored at subantarctic Marion Island since 1996/97 and counts of breeding birds were made at nearby Prince Edward Island in December 2001 and December 2008. Four species are regular breeders at the islands:

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P5 : Auteur(s): P.A. Whittington, R.J.M. Crawford, B.M. Dyer and P.G. Ryan

4. SUMMER SURVEY OF FUR SEALS AT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN

   Abstract:  The onshore distributions and the abundances of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella and Subantarctic fur seals A. tropicalis were determined at Prince Edward Island during 16–20 December 2008. This repeats a survey conducted in December 2001 and extends the area surveyed to include

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P15 : Auteur(s): M.N. Bester, P.G. Ryan and J. Visagie

5. Intra-archipelago moult dispersion of southern elephant seals at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean

   Abstract:  During three summer surveys at Prince Edward Island (PEI), southern Indian Ocean (2001, 2004 and 2008), 416 southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina were inspected for identification tags. In all, 42 seals that had been tagged as weaned pups at their natal site were found on Marion

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P16 : Auteur(s): W.C. Oosthuizen, M.N. Bester, P.J.N. de Bruyn and G.J.G. Hofmeyr

6. SUMMARY OF VME NOTIFICATIONS MADE UNDER CONSERVATION MEASURES 22-06 AND 22-07

   Abstract:  The requirements for notifying encounters, and potential encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are described in Conservation Measures (CM). Notifications are made under CM 22-07 in the case of encounters with potential VMEs during the course of bottom fishing, and under CM

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/07 : Auteur(s): Secretariat

7. ANTARCTIC KRILL DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS WEST OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA IN 2010/11

   Abstract:  A krill net sampling survey was carried out west of the Antarctic Peninsula in January 2011 to collect data on krill distribution, abundance, demography, spawning and recruitment success. The survey was a joint German and US effort. While the US AMLR Survey section covered the area

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/13 : Auteur(s): V. Siegel (Germany), C. Reiss (USA), K. Dietrich (USA), M. Haraldsson (Sweden) and G. Rohardt (Germany)

8. SELECTIVITY OF CONVENTIONAL AND CONTINUOUS TECHNIQUES OF KRILL FISHERY

   Abstract:  Combination of conventional and continuous techniques during krill fishery at the Russian commercial vessel "Maxim Starostin" allowed to compare the size structure of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) caught by these two techniques. Results of comparison are discussed in

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/14 : Auteur(s): D. Sologub (Russia)

9. PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT ON DEFINITION OF ANTARCTIC KRILL MORTALITY RATE IN FISHERY

   Abstract:  Two successful experiments on definition of Antarctic krill mortality have been carried out aboard Polish vessel Dalmor II according to the pattern submitted in paper SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/BG/10. Approximately 230 to 130 kg of krill are percolated and punched through per an hour of trawling if

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/15 : Auteur(s): L. Pshenichnov and K. Vyshniakova (Ukraine)

10. ANTARCTIC KRILL AND CLIMATE CHANGE

    Abstract:  During April 2011, a multi-national group of scientists with expertise on Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and environmental sciences attended a workshop aiming to evaluate new knowledge on the impact of climate change and increasing fisheries on Antarctic krill and Antarctic ecosystems

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/16 : Auteur(s): H. Flores (Netherlands), A.S. Atkinson (UK), E. Bravo Rebolledo (Netherlands), V. Cirelli (Argentina), J. Cuzin-Roudy (France), S. Fielding (UK), J.A. van Franeker (Netherlands), J.J. Groeneveld (Netherlands), M. Haraldsson (Sweden), S. Kawaguchi (Australia), B.A. Krafft (Norway), A. Lombana (USA), E. Marschoff (Argentina), B. Meyer (Germany), G. Milinevsky (Ukraine), S. Nicol (Australia), E.A. Pakhomov (Canada), A.P. Van de Putte (Belgium), C. Reiss (USA), E. Rombolá (Argentina), K. Schmidt (UK

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