Oceanographic Basis of a DMS-Related Atlantic Cod ( Gadus morhua ) Fishery Problem: Blackberry Feed

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Levasseur, M., Keller, M. D., Bonneau, E., D'Amours, D., Bellows, W. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Newfoundland; Belle Isle; Strait of Belle Isle; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Limacina helicina; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f94-087; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f94-087

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) caught along the Labrador and Newfoundland coasts and in the Strait of Belle Isle often smell strongly of sulfur, a problem locally called "blackberry feed". Early studies have shown that the sulfurous-smelling cod had fed almost exclusively on the pteropod Lima...