Mapping the spawning grounds of North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) by direct and indirect means

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Fox, Clive J, Taylor, Martin, Dickey-Collas, Mark, Fossum, Petter, Kraus, Gerd, Rohlf, Norbert, Munk, Peter, van Damme, Cindy J.G, Bolle, Loes J, Maxwell, David L, Wright, Peter J
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2008
• Subjects: Research Article; Dogger Bank; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602663; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18397869; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0201

Despite recent evidence for sub-stock structuring, North Sea cod are assessed as a single unit. As a consequence, knowledge of sub-stock trends is poor. In particular, there are no recent evaluations of which spawning grounds are active. Here we report results from the first ichthyoplankton survey t...