Preliminary report of the Norwegian groundfish survey at Bear Island and west-Spitsbergen in the autumn 1984

This report describes the results from a stratified bottom trawl survey carried out in September/October 1984. The cod stock component was dominated by the 1982 and the 1983- year classes. The former most abundante 1979-yearclass was reduced with 44% compared to the 1983 results. Older haddock were...

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Main Author: Godø, Olav Rune
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ICES 1985
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/104056
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Summary:This report describes the results from a stratified bottom trawl survey carried out in September/October 1984. The cod stock component was dominated by the 1982 and the 1983- year classes. The former most abundante 1979-yearclass was reduced with 44% compared to the 1983 results. Older haddock were scarce, but good recruitement of the 1983-year class was recorded. The most abundant species in the area were long rough dab and redfish.