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: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2017
• Subjects: Bathyraja sp; Sub-Antarctic; by-catch; zero-inflated models; GAM; GLM; Antarctic; Gam; Heard; Heard Island; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Icefish; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/38807/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.07.022

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 southe...