Gadids and Alewives: Structure Within Complexity in the Gulf of Maine

• Main Authors: Ames, Edward P., Lichter, John
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2013
• Subjects: Gulf of Maine; cod predation; alewives; Gadid population structure; Haddock; Pollock; White hake predation; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Hake; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mitchellcenter_pubs/115; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=mitchellcenter_pubs

The collapse of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) along the northern 240 km of New England's historically productive coastal shelf has continued for nearly twenty years. Resident spawning groups and their subpopulations have disappeared and have yet to recover, causing local groundfish fisheries to c...