Characteristics of early Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) catches based on otoliths recovered from archaeological excavations at medieval to early modern sites in northern Norway

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Pedersen, Torstein, Amundsen, Colin Patrick, Wickler, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Academic 2022
• Subjects: VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900; Arctic; Lofoten; Norway; Vágar; Værbukta; Arctic cod; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Northeast Arctic cod; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3062779; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac201

We compared stock origin, size- and age-distributions, and length growth rates derived from Atlantic cod otoliths from archaeological excavations at two sites in northern Norway: Vágar in Lofoten (68°12′N, AD 1156–1285) and the Værbukta site (70°57′N, AD 1450–1680). For comparison, modern otoliths w...