@article {Gauldie:2000:0007-4977:949, title = "Stocks, or Geographically Separated Populations Of the New Zealand Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus Atlanticus, in Relation to Parasite Infestation, Growth Rate, and Otolith Shape", journal = "Bulletin of Marine Science", parent_itemid = "infobike://umrsmas/bullmar", publishercode ="umrsmas", year = "2000", volume = "67", number = "3", publication date ="2000-11-01T00:00:00", pages = "949-971", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0007-4977", eissn = "1553-6955", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2000/00000067/00000003/art00009", author = "Gauldie, R. W. and Jones, J. B.", abstract = "Comparisons of parasite load of orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus (Teleostei: Trachichthyidae) against otolith shape, growth rate, depth of capture, sex and date of capture were grouped by both Quota Management Areas and Regional Fisheries Areas. Examination of the data showed that: (1) parasite load was not related to Quota Management Area, or to Regional Fisheries Areas; (2) parasite load is weakly related to both otolith shape and fish growth rate; (3) there are differences in growth rate between Regional Fisheries Areas; and (4) there is a significant variation in the shape of the otolith of H. atlanticus between Regional Fisheries Areas.", }