Distribution and abundance of skates ( Bathyraja spp.) on the Kerguelen Plateau through the lens of the toothfish fisheries

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Nowara, GB, Burch, P, Gasco, N, Welsford, DC, Lamb, TD, Chazeau, C, Duhamel, G, Pruvost, P, Wotherspoon, S, Candy, SG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2017
• Subjects: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Fisheries Sciences; Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Icefish; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.07.022; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/110756

Three species of skate, Bathyraja eatonii , B. irrasa and B. murrayi, are commonly taken as incidental by-catch in Patagonian toothfish ( Dissostichus eleginoides ) longline and trawl fisheries, and the mackerel icefish ( Champsocephalus gunnari ) trawl fishery on the Kerguelen Plateau (KP) in the s...