Ecology of an exploited Antarctic fish community

• Main Author: McKenna, James Edward
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1990
• Subjects: Oceanography|Ecology|Aquaculture|Fish production; Antarctic; Austral; South Georgia Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI9106520

Demersal fish represent one of the most heavily exploited resources in the Antarctic ecosystem. Fish stocks around South Georgia Island have contributed a substantial portion of the annual catches and have declined over the past decade. Fishing has been implicated as the cause of this decline. Howev...