G-33 



Assuming the above estimates are correct it indicates the inadequacy of the present 

 reporting systems for two reasons; firstly because two of the major fishing areas (South 

 Georgia and Kerguelen) lie outside the present Antarctic statistical regions and secondly 

 the catch of Percomorphs is not broken down into its specific components. An improved for- 

 mat for reporting has therefore been produced (See section 11.2), 



Table 8.29, Reported catch of unspecified demersal Percomorphs (FAO 1974|1976). 



(metric tons) 



( ) Figures in parenthesis are estimated by FAO. 



I Commercial fleets from USSR reported at South Georgia (Laws per. comm.) 

 XX " •» " " " " Kerguelen (Bureau 1973) 



Catch Rates 



Published information on catch rates is summarized in Table 8.30. It is not known 

 what catch rates were achieved by the recent West German and Polish expeditions althou^ 

 in the case of the former it is thou^t that the catch rate and maximum haul size were 

 both at least equal to the highest figures quoted. 



