Environmental influences on fish and shellfish production in the Northwest Atlantic

• Published in: Environmental Reviews
• Main Authors: Mann, K.H., Drinkwater, K.F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: General Environmental Science; Labrador Shelf; Gadus morhua; Northwest Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/a94-002; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/a94-002

Evidence is reviewed, linking physical oceanographic processes in the marine environment to changes in fish and shellfish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic. A case history study of the cod (Gadus morhua) stock of the northern Grand Banks and Labrador Shelf indicates a long slow amelioration of the en...