Winter distribution and movements of northern Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) along the Newfoundland—Labrador continental shelf edge derived from observations on commercial trawlers

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: WROBLEWSKI, J. S., KULKA, D. W., NARAYANAN, S., OAKE, A. M., COLLIER, A. G., MCGRATH, B. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Belle Isle; Fishing Ground; Funk Island; Hamilton Bank; Funk Island Bank; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.1995.tb00067.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2419.1995.tb00067.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2419.1995.tb00067.x

Catch‐effort data recorded by observers aboard commercial trawlers fishing the Newfoundland‐Labrador continental shelf during the winters of 1980–1991 were used to define the distribution and movements of pre‐spawning and spanning Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Although cod were widely distributed over...