Spawning season of the Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in northern Norway

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Kjørsvik, Elin, Haug, Tore, Tjemsland, Jonas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1987
• Subjects: Articles; Norway; Malangen; Folda; Finnmark; Nordland; Northern Norway; Salten; Troms
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/43/3/285; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/43.3.285

The spawning season of the Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus ) was examined by studying maturity stages in adult fish in Sørøysund, Finnmark, and in Salten/ Folda, Nordland, during 1956–1960, and by sampling eggs from the plankton in Malangen, Troms, during 1983–1986. These three sites ar...