Changes in Western mackerel ( Scomber scombrus ) spawning stock composition during the spawning season

INTRODUCTION Two groups of mackerel ( Scomber scombrus L.) are recognised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (I.C.E.S.) for stock assessment purposes in the north-east Atlantic. The North Sea ‘stock’, which overwinters along the edge of the Norwegian Trench and spawns off th...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Author: Dawson, Wendy A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
Subjects:
Aquatic Science
Norway
Kattegat
Lockwood
North East Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400043009
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400043009
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Summary:INTRODUCTION Two groups of mackerel ( Scomber scombrus L.) are recognised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (I.C.E.S.) for stock assessment purposes in the north-east Atlantic. The North Sea ‘stock’, which overwinters along the edge of the Norwegian Trench and spawns off the south coast of Norway, in the Skagerrak, Kattegat and the central North Sea (Hamre, 1980), and the Western ‘stock’, which overwinters and spawns along the edge of the continental shelf from the west of Ireland to the Bay of Biscay (Lockwood, Nichols & Dawson, 1981).

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