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Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment Antarctic Science, 2009 (Ref: 13609)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human … activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of spatial and … temporal scales.

An estimate of the population sizes of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses breeding in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Chile Emu, 2007 (Ref: 13306)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Chile, is the southernmost albatross breeding ground in the world and holds … globally important numbers of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses. A census in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago has been attempted only once…

Line weights of constant mass (and sink rates) for Spanish-system Patagonian Toothfish longline vessels CCAMLR Science, 2008 (Ref: 13589)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

CCAMLR Conservation Measure 25-02 requires Spanish-system longline vessels to attach 8.5 kg weights at 40 m intervals on longlines to minimise interactions with seabirds. The weights typically used are collections of rocks enclosed in netting bags.

An experimental assessment of factors affecting the sink rates of spanish-rig longlines to minimize impacts on seabirds Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2008 (Ref: 13304)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Spanish system of longline fishing is used in a range of demersal and semi-pelagic fisheries … throughout the southern hemisphere and has been the source of a large number of seabird fatalities.

Comparison of census methods for black-browed albatrosses breeding at the Ildefonso Archipelago, Chile Polar Biology, 2008 (Ref: 13305)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A breeding population of black-browed albatrosses … has been known to exist at the Ildefonso Archipelago, Chile, for >90 years but the population has never been … censused using scientiWcally defendable methods. To estimate … population size…

Estimates of Southern Rockhopper and Macaroni penguin numbers at the Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez Archipelagos, Chile, using Quadrat and distance-sampling techniques Waterbirds, 2007 (Ref: 13064)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Populations of Southern Rockhopper ( Euduptes chrysocome chrysocome … ) and Macaroni ( E. chrysolophus … ) Penguins at key breeding sites in the Southern Hemisphere have declined substantially in the past 50 years, but … their statuses at important breeding sites in southern Chile are poorly known.

Artisanal longline fisheries in Southern Chile: Lessons to be learned to avoid incidental seabird mortality. Biology Conservation, 2006 (Ref: 12305)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Industrial longline fisheries are considered worldwide as the main threat to albatross and … petrel populations, particularly at open oceans. However, inside countries’ EEZ artisanal … fleets account for a significant fishing effort and eventually…

Diet of grey-headed albatrosses at the Diego Ramírez Islands,Chile: ecological implications Antarctic Science, 2004 (Ref: 11537)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The diet of grey-headed albatrosses at Diego Ramírez was analysed and compared to that of the … sympatric black-browed albatross. Diet composition was inferred from an analysis of prey hard parts present … in 103 chick regurgitates obtained during breeding seasons 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Seabird Mortality Studies in Long Line Fisheries in Southern Chile. Third International Albatross and Petrel Conference, 23-27 August 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay., 2004 (Ref: 11658)
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Chile is a fishery country with important artisanal and industrial longline fleets during the last 30 year. Main fishing resources in southern Chile are Patagonian toothfish, Ling and Austral hake. All these fisheries are suspected to have high seabird mortality.

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