Nutrient-driven poleward expansion of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel ( Scomber scombrus) stock: A new hypothesis

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Pacariz, Selma V., Hátún, Hjálmar, Jacobsen, Jan Arge, Johnson, Clare, Eliasen, Sólva, Rey, Francisco
• Other Authors: Deming, Jody W., Thomsen, Laurenz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 2016
• Subjects: Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000105; http://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article-pdf/doi/10.12952/journal.elementa.000105/474258/29-250-1-ce.pdf

Abstract The Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) stock has increased and expanded its summer feeding migration west- and northwards since 2006, entailing large geopolitical challenges for the countries harvesting this species. A common perspective is that climatic warming opens up new reg...