Delineating stocks of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of St Lawrence and Cabot Strait areas using vertebral number

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Swain, D. P., Frank, K. T., Maillet, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Regular Articles; Cabot; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Newfoundland; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/58/1/253; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.1007

Cod ( Gadus morhua ) from several populations overwinter in the Cabot Strait area at the entrance to the Gulf of St Lawrence. We examined the utility of vertebral number for estimating the stock composition of cod aggregations in this overwintering area. Stock-specific mean vertebral numbers were es...