Following a brief review of their biology, this contribution is an attempt to provide a global
overview of the catches of mesopelagic fishes (of which 2.68 million tonnes were officially …

The expected increase in global food demand, as a consequence of a rising and wealthier
world population, and an awareness of the limits and drawbacks of modern agriculture, has …

While considerable scientific uncertainties persist for mesopelagic ecosystems, the fishing
industry has developed a great interest in commercial exploitation with improved …

We describe a method to allow acoustic sampling at depths not reachable by the higher
frequencies of ship hull-mounted echosounders and observe the abundance and behaviour …

Though mesopelagic fish respond to natural light (eg, diurnal vertical migration), few studies
have looked at how they respond to artificial light and if artificial lights could be used in …

Harvesting of underutilized mesopelagic resources is among the possible solutions to
increase capture fish production, which will also facilitate recovery of overexploited fish …

Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch 1923 was described based on a single, imperfect (devoid of a
tail) stranded specimen collected from a beach in Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea. Though …

The pelagic habitat between the sunlit layers (upper 200 m) and the seafloor is the largest
and least-understood environment on our planet (Webb et al., 2010). Hardy (1956) vertically …