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Table 8.1. Fish species of potential commercial importance in the Southern Ocean, 



Although there are several species of hake in the Southern Heminphero, Morluccius 

 hubbsii is the only npecies to have been roporbod from Antarctic waters (Hilcheyev I967). 

 In this single instance fish v;oro assumed to have migrated into the Antarctic to feed on 

 krill. This migration is not conaintent with the shorcvfard aummer migration pattern in 

 Patagonia described by Hart (1946), a movement confirmed by the observations of Ciechomski 

 and Weiss (1974) who found that M. hubbsii spawned in shallow water during the summer. 



The restriction of the distribution of many species to the continental shelf zone has 

 probably resulted in the establishment of distinct stocks (even if not genetically at least 

 as far as fishery management is concerned). Species where this is thouf^t to be the case 

 along with the defined localities are listed in Table 8.3. 



