Orange Roughy (IMAGE)
Caption
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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