Antarctic toothfish movements from tagging

NIWA

Results from a tagging programme suggest that toothfish of all sizes are quite sedentary, with the majority being recaptured within 50 km of release. Fish found further than 50 km from where they were released were generally sub-adult and maturing fish moving between the deeper parts of the Ross Sea shelf and slope. Mature adults released on the shelf and slope have been recaptured on the northern grounds and vice versa.