Variation in the Incidence of Larval Nematodes in Atlantic Cod Fillets along the Southern Canadian Mainland

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Scott, D. M., Martin, W. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1957
• Subjects: General Medicine; Breton Island; Lockeport; atlantic cod; harbour seal; Harp Seal; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f57-043; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f57-043

The incidence of larval nematodes, Porrocaecum decipiens, in fillets from three size-groups (scrod, market and steak) of Atlantic cod, Gadus callarias, has been analyzed. The analysis was based on about 73,000 fillets from cod caught between 1946 and 1956 in about 20 areas off the southern Canadian...