Changes in biomass of eight species of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48,2) from three bottom trawl surveys

• Main Authors: Jones, C.D., Kock, K.H., Balguerías-Guerra, E. (Eduardo)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Sede Central IEO 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Notothenia rossii
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/6966

Stocks of finfish exploited around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) suffered substantial declines from split-year 1977/78 to 1989/90. The biomass of several species of finfish has been monitored through scientific bottom trawl surveys within the 500 m isobath of the South Orkney Islands, most...