The Dissostichus eleginoides fishery at South Georgia has expanded greatly in recent years. It has been claimed that the exploited fish are senescent and not contributing to the breeding population (CCAMLR-VIII, paragraph 106). Histological examination of the gonads of a small sample of fish taken from a commercial longliner in January 1990 indicates that the fish are sexually mature and, at the time of sampling, are approaching spawning condition.