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    Toothfish tagging programme around South Georgia, 2000

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-00/26
    Author(s):
    G. Pilling, I. Everson, D. Agnew, T. Daw, R. Forster, A. North and M. Purves (United Kingdom)
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    WG-FSA-00 - - undefined
    Abstract

    A tagging programme for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)w as undertaken around South Georgia during early 2000. Details of the programme are given. A total of 359 toothfish were tagged during a trawl survey on the Shag Rocks shelf and a further 135 were tagged on the continental slope around South Georgia and Shag Rocks. The programme has been advertised widely amongst industrial fishermen operating in the region.