Document Number:
WG-FSA-00/26
Accessibility Categories
Open Access (OA)
Review Finalised:
No
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Abstract
A tagging programme for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)w as undertaken around South Georgia during early 2000. Details of the programme are given. A total of 359 toothfish were tagged during a trawl survey on the Shag Rocks shelf and a further 135 were tagged on the continental slope around South Georgia and Shag Rocks. The programme has been advertised widely amongst industrial fishermen operating in the region.