Blue whiting - A key species in the mid-water ecosystems of the north-eastern Atlantic

• Main Authors: Heino, M., Godoe, O.R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Bergen; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/6681/; http://idtjeneste.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_3043

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) is a mesopelagic gadoid that is widely distributed in northeastern Atlantic from the Canary Island to Spitsbergen. It is abundant and commercially exploited in the Norwegian Seas, off Iceland, Faeroe Islands, Hebrides and Ireland, and in the Bay of Biscay. Blu...