Preliminary results of Norwegian blue whiting survey northwest of Scotland in April 1979.

A brief report is given on the result from an acoustic survey with the R/V "Michael Sars'' to the blue whiting spawning area in second half of April 1979. Rather dense concentrations of blue whiting were found from west of Scotland to the Faroes. Length- and age- composition are given...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monstad, Terje
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ICES 1979
Subjects:
kolmule
blue whiting
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922
Faroes
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/103517
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Summary:A brief report is given on the result from an acoustic survey with the R/V "Michael Sars'' to the blue whiting spawning area in second half of April 1979. Rather dense concentrations of blue whiting were found from west of Scotland to the Faroes. Length- and age- composition are given. The majority of the stock consisted of 3 - 8 year old fish. Length-weight relationship is found to be different from previous years, and half of the stock was either ripe or spent. A rough and preliminary figure of 4 mill. tonnes was calculated.

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