Killer caught on camera

A still image of a killer whale (Ocinus ocra) caught on camera during a BRUV deployment in a canyon-head incision of the shelf edge within the Flinders Marine Park (depth of 160 metres). The video shows numerous stripey trumpeter and a large rock lobster attracted to the bait before a killer whale passes overhead, scattering the trumpeter, who then turn and follow the whale. This illustrates the likely hot spot of productivity associated with such canyon-head upwelling areas, that is a focus for top predators like killer whales, and piscivorous fish such as stripey trumpeter.