Hypotheses for the decline of cod in the North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 293-308

  Myers, Ransom A ^a   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b   Barrowman, N J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch; Cod; Collapse; Decline; Density dependent mortality; Fishing; Gadus morhua; Mortality; North Atlantic; Recruitment; Spawners; Stocks; Time series

Indexed keywords

COD; DEPLETED STOCK; DEPLETED STOCKS; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID FISHERIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

ATLANTIC;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0029669572     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138293     Document Type: Review

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