Bycatch of fish in the South Atlantic krill fishery

Icefish (Champsocephalus) were taken as bycatch during krill fishing operations from a research vessel. The data indicate that the bycatch of fish in the commercial krill fishery may be significant in some areas of the South Georgia shelf. The problem is thought to be least in open ocean krill fishi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Everson, Inigo, Neyelov, Alexei, Permitin, Yuri E
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Antarctic Science
Icefish
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518453/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102092000579
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Summary:Icefish (Champsocephalus) were taken as bycatch during krill fishing operations from a research vessel. The data indicate that the bycatch of fish in the commercial krill fishery may be significant in some areas of the South Georgia shelf. The problem is thought to be least in open ocean krill fishing.

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