Migrations and hydrography determine the abundance fluctuations of blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou in the Barents Sea

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: Heino, M., Engelhard, G.H., Godoe, O.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Bear Island; Fugloy*
• Online Access: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/8539/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00472.x

The Barents Sea is the north-eastern fringe of the distribution of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou). Fluctuations in distribution and abundance of blue whiting in the area have been marked. Two hypotheses are put forward to explain these fluctuations. First, rich year classes in the main Atla...