A Resolution to the Blue Whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) Population Paradox?

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Pointin, Fabien, Payne, Mark R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Porcupine Seabight; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153562; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25184302; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106237

We provide the strongest evidence to date supporting the existence of two independent blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)) populations in the North Atlantic. In spite of extensive data collected in conjunction with the fishery, the population structure of blue whiting is poorly unde...