Delineating stocks of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of St Lawrence and Cabot Strait areas using vertebral number

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 253-269

  Swain, D P ^a   Frank, K T ^b   Maillet, G ^c  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Meristic; Stock identification; Stock mixture; Vertebral number

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GADOID FISHERY; LINEATION; OVERWINTERING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CHRISTIA; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0035024133     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.1007     Document Type: Article

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