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Transport of larvae and juvenile fish into central and northern Norwegian waters
Author(s) -
BJØRKE HERMAN,
SAETRE ROALD
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fisheries oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1365-2419
pISSN - 1054-6006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1994.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , juvenile , fishery , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , juvenile fish , larva , ichthyoplankton , biology , environmental science , geography , geology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
ABSTRACT The distribution of juvenile fish in Norwegian waters in spring and summer provides evidence that some of these are transported into Norwegian coastal waters from spawning grounds outside the ecosystems which comprise the central and northern Norwegian coast, the Barents Sea and the Spitsbergen area. The relevant species are capelin (Mallotus villosus Müller), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.), herring (Clupea hareri' gus L.) and saithe (Pollachius virens L.). A substantial part of the saithe and haddock stock along the central and northern Norwegian coast is considered to be recruited from spawning grounds in the northern North Sea. A contribution of these species from the spawning grounds around the Faeroe Islands and west of Scotland may also occur in some years. Herring from the northern North Sea are found scattered off the Norwegian coast north to 70 o N. It seems likely that pelagic species such as capelin and herring are transported by the prevailing currents from Iceland.