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    A tagging protocol for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in the Ross Sea

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-03/90
    Author(s):
    N.W.McL. Smith and K.J. Sullivan (New Zealand)
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    Abstract

    This paper presents a protocol for the tag and release of toothfish (Dissostichus sp.) by fishers operating in the Ross Sea longline fishery in 2003-04. The protocol describes tag types, tag treatments and data recording requirements for the programme. Examples of reporting forms for release and recaptures are appended.