Patagonian Toothfish, *Dissostichus eleginoides* Smitt, 1898.

Patagonian Toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898.


Map of the management areas within the CAMLR Convention Area. Subarea 48.3, is shaded in green. Coastlines and ice shelves: UK Polar Data Centre/BAS and Natural Earth. Projection: EPSG 6932.

Map of the management areas within the CAMLR Convention Area. Subarea 48.3, is shaded in green. Coastlines and ice shelves: UK Polar Data Centre/BAS and Natural Earth. Projection: EPSG 6932.



Catch history

Catch and effort history. Catch and effort data from fishing for *Dissostichus eleginoides* in Subarea 48.3 for 2022, 2023 and 2024 were received by the Secretariat. Said fishing was carried out in the absence of a CCAMLR Conservation Measure for 48.3, since CM 41-02 was not readopted for the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 fishing seasons.

Catch and effort history. Catch and effort data from fishing for Dissostichus eleginoides in Subarea 48.3 for 2022, 2023 and 2024 were received by the Secretariat. Said fishing was carried out in the absence of a CCAMLR Conservation Measure for 48.3, since CM 41-02 was not readopted for the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 fishing seasons.



Summary table

Stock Status Spawning stock at 49% of B0 (B0=93850 tonnes)
Classification of Fishery Established
Fishing gear Demersal longlines
Conservation Measure specific to this fishery* CM 41-02

*Conservation Measure 41-02 has not been in force since the 2021/22 season.



Additional Conservation Measures

In addition to Conservation Measures that apply to all Areas and all Species, the following Conservation Measures address wider environmental considerations in this fishery:

Description Species Area Conservation Measure
Minimisation of the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of longline fishing or longline fishing research in the Convention Area All Species All Areas CM 25-02
Limitation of the By-Catch of Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Notothenia rossii and Lepidonotothen squamifrons in Statistical Subarea 48.3 Chaenocephalus aceratus, Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, Notothenia rossii, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Subarea 48.3 CM 33-01



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