Species Information- Other Names | Ling (NZ and Australia), cusk-eel
- Biology | Deep water benthic species, fairly slow growing and non-migratory
- Habitat | Rocky areas on continental shelf and slope
- Distribution | Namibia to E Cape
- Capture Methods | Bycatch in demersal trawl, demersal longline and inshore west coast rock lobster traps
| Conservation Notes- The most sought after and valuable groundfish on the local market. Managed as a bycatch, though an experimental longline fishery in the 1980s depleted the stocks considerably, and stocks are still reduced. A related species (G. blacodes) imported from New Zealand and marketed as ling
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