Spatio-temporal dynamics in maturation and spawning of Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Plateau

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Yates, P, Ziegler, P, Welsford, DC, McIvor, J, Farmer, B, Woodcock, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2018
• Subjects: Nototheniidae; oocyte; reproduction; Southern Ocean; spermatozoa; stock assessment; Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/30050/

This study investigated maturation and spawning of Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) fishery on the Kerguelen Plateau in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean based on gonads and otoliths collected between 2004 and 2015 and using histolog...