Is recovery of northern cod limited by poor feeding? The capelin hypothesis revisited

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Mullowney, Darrell R. J., Rose, George A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2014
• Subjects: Original Articles; Newfoundland; Smith Sound; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/71/4/784; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst188

The slow recovery of the “northern” Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) stock off Newfoundland and Labrador has been ascribed to many factors. One hypothesis is poor feeding and condition as a consequence of a decline in capelin ( Mallotus villosus ), their former main prey. We compared the growth and con...