Orange Roughy (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Orange Roughy

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This is an aggregation of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) at 890-m water depth on the summit of Morgue seamount. This small seamount had been heavily fished, but in 2001 was closed to trawling. Orange roughy therefore find a refuge from exploitation on this seamount.

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The Oceanography Society

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