Persistence and Variation on the Groundfish Assemblages on Flemish Cap (NAFO Divisions 3M): 2004-2013

• Main Authors: Nogueira, Adriana, Paz, Xabier, González-Troncoso, Diana
• Other Authors: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Pesquerías; Arctic; Boa; Greenland; Hake; atlantic cod; Bathyraja spinicauda; Gadus morhua; golden redfish; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Sebastes marinus; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2493; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/327947

Data from the EU (Spain-Portugal) bottom trawl surveys in the Division 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area (2004-2013) were analyzed to examine patterns on this zone of groundfish assemblage structure and diversity in relation to depth. 1699 hauls between 129 and 1460 m in depth were carried out. We focu...