Broadbill swordfish ( Xiphias gladius) foraging and vertical movements in the north‐west Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Logan, John M., Golet, Walt, Smith, Sean C., Neilson, John, Van Guelpen, Lou
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Hake; North Atlantic; North West Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14744; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.14744; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jfb.14744

Abstract The northern edge of Georges Bank is an important seasonal foraging habitat for swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) in the North Atlantic, where aggregations support commercial pelagic longline and harpoon fisheries. Following a period of overfishing during the 1990s, the North Atlantic X. gladiu...