Stock collapse and its effect on species interactions: Cod and herring in the Norwegian-Barents Seas system as an example

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Durant, Joël, Deris, Leana, Langangen, Øystein Ole Gahr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Gam; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/89722; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-92325; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8336

Both the Norwegian Spring Spawning herring (Clupea harengus) and the Northeast Arctic (NEA) cod (Gadus morhua) are examples of strong stock reduction and decline of the associated fisheries due to overfishing followed by a recovery. Cod and herring are both part of the Barents Sea ecosystem, which h...