Variations in the distribution of blue whiting in the Barents Sea: climatic influences or year class effects?

• Main Authors: Heino, Mikko, Engelhard, Georg H., Godø, Olav Rune
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2003
• Subjects: blue whiting; kolmule; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Fugløya; Fugløy*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/100583

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in the Barents Sea represent the north-eastern fringe of the distribution of the species in the Atlantic. Distribution and abundance of blue whiting in the Barents Sea have fluctuated markedly over the past 20 years: in some years, the species appears to be ve...