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    Report on the survey in Subarea 48.2 in 2015 (the first year of the planned 3-year-old investigations)

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-15/43 Rev. 1
    Author(s):
    Delegation of Ukraine
    Submitted By:
    Dr Leonid Pshenichnov
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    WG-FSA-15 - 5.2.1 - Dissostichus spp. Subarea 48.2
    Abstract

    The investigations in March-April 2015 were conducted in subarea 48.2 by Ukrainian longliner SIMEIZ . 29 sets were completed during the survey. Altogether 157 specimens of Dissostichus mawsoni and 21 specimens of Dissostichus eleginoides were tagged.  124 otolith pairs of Dissostichus mawsoni and 87 - Dissostichus eleginoides were collected. The average sizes of  Dissostichus mawsoni  from the catches made up about 156 cm. Investigated maturity stages and stomach composition of Dissostichus spp.