Age estimation, corroboration and back-calculation of four-spot megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) on the Porcupine Bank using otoliths

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Landa, Jorge, Hernández, Carmen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Calcified structures; Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Santander; Fisheries; Growth; Northeast Atlantic; Survey; Year-class; Porcupine Bank
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/14729; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/326946; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75234/75381.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106890

Age and growth of four-spot megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) at the Porcupine Bank, an important European demersal fisheries area, was estimated for the first time based on the analysis of 1334 otoliths. The state of the stock in the Celtic Seas (including the Porcupine Bank) and the northern Bay of Bi...