Habitat use by Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898) on the Kerguelen Plateau around Heard Island and the McDonald Islands ...

• Main Authors: Welsford, Dirk C., Candy, Steven G., Lamb, Timothy D., Nowara, Gabrielle B., Constable, Andrew J., Williams, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cybium 2011
• Subjects: Dissostichus eleginoides, Heard Island, Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2011-35sp-013; http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/habitat-use-patagonian-toothfish-dissostichus-eleginoides-smitt-1898-kerguelen-plateau-around-heard

The Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) is one of the largest and most ubiquitous benthopelagic predatory fish found in the sub-Antarctic. This species supports the largest single species scalefish fishery in the southern ocean, and the largest fishery for toothfish occurs on the Kerguel...