Distribution and Peculiarities of Allometric Growth of Larval Illex in the Northwest Atlantic

• Main Authors: Froerman, Yu. M., Dubinina, T. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NAFO 1984
• Subjects: Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33878/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33878/1/585.pdf

The Illex larvae inhabit the epipelagial of the shelf waters, the continental slope and the Gulf Stream where the temperature and salinity range from 11.2 to 20.10°C and from 34.50 to 36.56%, respectively. The largest recorded aggregations were in the continental slope area of the Mid Atlantic Bight (MAB) between 35° and 38°N, and in the northern periphery of the Gulf Stream to 65°w. Illex illecebrosus spawn in the pelagial of the continentalslope between. the Florida Peninsula and 40°N. The spawning periodextends from September to May, with December-February as peak spawning months. Egg masses found in the spawning ground have a positive bouyancy.