Opportunistic feeding of longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus): Are scallop fishery discards an important food subsidy for scavengers on Georges Bank?

• Main Authors: Link, Jason S., Almeida, Frank P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Management; Hake; Jennings; Auster; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31070

There has been much recent interest in the effects of fishing on habitat and non-target species, as well as in protecting certain areas of the seabed from these effects (e.g. Jennings and Kaiser, 1998; Benaka, 1999; Langton and Auster, 1999; Kaiser and de Groot, 2000). As part of an effort to determ...