The recent decline in recruitment ofGobionotothen gibberifronsin the South Shetland Islands ( CCAMLR Subarea 48.1)

• Main Authors: Kock, Karl-Hermann, Jones, Christopher D.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Text; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Elephant Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.openagrar.de/receive/timport_mods_00004592; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/timport_derivate_00004592/dn051166.pdf

Commercial exploitation of fish stocks around Elephant Island and the lower South Shetland Islands ceased after the 1989/90 season. One of the larger and most abundant species in the area, Gobionotothen gibberifons, was only lightly exploited compared to more northerly fishing grounds such as South...