| Title | Assessment of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands fishery |
| Author | Australia, Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Canberra, A.C.T. |
| Source | 28p. Availability: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia. ISBN: 0642552681 |
| Publication Date | 2007 |
| Notes | In English GeoRef Acc. No: 309193 |
| Index Terms | Indian Ocean Islands--Heard Island; Indian Ocean Islands--McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean; Champsocephalus gunnari; Chordata; Dissostichus eleginoides; ecology; ecosystems; environmental effects; environmental management; fisheries; Heard Island; human activity; Indian Ocean Islands; McDonald Islands; Pisces; subantarctic regions; sustainable development; Vertebrata |
| Abstract | Describes fishery for Patagonian toothfish and mackerel icefish in waters around sub-Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including general management, annual reporting procedures, joint research with France on shared stocks in Indian Ocean sector of Southern Ocean, interaction with seals and other protected species, effects of illegal and unreported fishing, and ecosystem impacts. |
| Publication Type | technical report |
| Record ID | 91153 |