Trophic interactions affecting a key ecosystem component: a multi-stage analysis of the recruitment of the Barents Sea capelin

• Main Authors: Hjermann, Dag Ø., Bogstad, Bjarte, Dingsør, Gjert Endre, Gjøsæter, Harald, Ottersen, Geir, Eikeset, Anne Maria, Stenseth, Nils Christian
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2009
• Subjects: capelin; lodde; stock collapse; bestandssammenbrudd; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; Arctic; Barents Sea; Gam; Arctic cod
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/102938

In the Barents Sea, capelin is a key food item for the North-East Arctic cod stock. This capelin stock has had very unstable population dynamics since 1985, with recruitment failures leading to three major collapses of the stock (>90% reduction of the stock size), resulting in decreased growth an...