Recent changes in migration and distribution of capelin in the Iceland-East Greenland-Jan Mayen area and their effect on managing the fisheries. ...

• Main Authors: Gudmundsdottir, Asta, Sigurdsson, Thorsteinn, Jonsson, Sigurdur Th., Sveinbjornsson, Sveinn
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2013 - Theme session N 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Tac; East Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24753816.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Recent_changes_in_migration_and_distribution_of_capelin_in_the_Iceland-East_Greenland-Jan_Mayen_area_and_their_effect_on_managing_the_fisheries_/24753816/1

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Capelin, Mallotus villosus (Müller), in the Iceland-East Greenland-Jan Mayen area is a short lived cold water species and only enters into warm Atlantic water for spawning. Spawning mortality is believed to be almost complete and th...