Seasonal Movements of Atlantic Herring (<i>Clupea harengus</i>): Results From a Four Year Tagging Study Conducted in the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England

Kanwit, J K; Libby, D. A.

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“…Hence, these stocks influence 23 several ecosystems along the continental shelf of North America. Georges Bank and the Gulf 24 of Maine herring move south annually to the offshore waters of the Mid-Atlantic States for 25 overwintering (Kanwit and Libby, 2009). The southwest Nova Scotia spawning component 26 has been found to migrate to one of two overwintering areas in the coastal waters of Nova 27 Scotia and south of Cape Cod in the USA (Stobo and Fowler, 2009).…”

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Comparative ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish species in the North Atlantic: Implications for modelling climate and fisheries impacts

Trenkel¹,

Huse²,

MacKenzie³

et al. 2014

Progress in Oceanography

104

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This paper reviews the current knowledge on the ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish stocks in the North Atlantic basin with emphasis on their role in the food web and the factors determining their relationship with the environment. We consider herring (Clupea harengus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), capelin (Mallotus villosus), blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), and horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), which have distributions extending beyond the continental shelf and predominantly occur on both sides of the North Atlantic. We also include albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), which, by contrast, show large-scale migrations at the basin scale. We focus on the links between life history processes and the environment, horizontal and vertical distribution, spatial structure and trophic role. Many of these species carry out extensive migrations from spawning grounds to nursery and feeding areas. Large oceanographic features such as the North Atlantic subpolar gyre play an important role in determining spatial distributions and driving variations in stock size. Given the large biomasses of especially the smaller species considered here, these stocks can exert significant top-down pressures on the food web and are important in supporting higher trophic levels. The review reveals commonalities and differences between the ecology of widely Please note that this is an author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available on the publisher Web site Highlights ► Comparative review of current knowledge on the ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish stocks in the North Atlantic basin. ► Emphasis on food web role and factors determining spatio-temporal distributions and changes. ► Overview of modelling approaches.

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Comparative ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish species in the North Atlantic: Implications for modelling climate and fisheries impacts

Trenkel¹,

Huse²,

MacKenzie³

et al. 2014

Progress in Oceanography

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“…Unfortunately, similarities in age structure and abundance alone do not confirm or refute connectedness among Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine herring. Other supporting information such as morphometrics (e.g., Cadrin et al, 2004), genetics (e.g., McQuinn, 1997, movement and migration (e.g., Kanwit and Libby, 2009), and philopatry or at least some level of spawning in natal locations (e.g., Stephensen et al, 2009) are needed to confirm population structure.…”

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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) demographics in the Gulf of Maine from 1998 to 2012

Jech¹,

Price²,

Chávez-Rosales³

et al. 2015

J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci.

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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in the Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine, and southern New England regions were sampled from early September into mid-November by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center during their annual randomly-stratified bottom trawl and systematic acoustic/midwater trawl surveys. Atlantic herring were randomly selected for length distributions and systematically subsampled for biological metrics (e.g., weight, age, maturity, and sex). Broad similarities in Atlantic herring biological metrics between midwater and bottom trawl catches suggest both gear types provide comparable sampling of herring demographics in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank regions during autumn. Annual mean lengths and weights and temporal patterns of herring size were consistently similar between gear types. Similarity in age structure between Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine suggest a similar response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors between herring stocks in these regions, but apparent asynchrony in spawning timing suggests some level of independence between these stocks. Overall similarities can mask interesting distinctions such as midwater trawls seem to sample younger, smaller, but heavier fish than do bottom trawls. Sampling of historical spawning sites appears to characterize the biological state of Atlantic herring in the Georges Bank region and could be utilized to design an efficient sampling scheme for Atlantic herring in the Gulf of Maine.

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An individual-based probabilistic model for simulating fisheries population dynamics

Cao

Guan

Truesdell

et al. 2016

Aquaculture and Fisheries

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Seasonal Movements of Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus): Results From a Four Year Tagging Study Conducted in the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Comparative ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish species in the North Atlantic: Implications for modelling climate and fisheries impacts

Comparative ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish species in the North Atlantic: Implications for modelling climate and fisheries impacts

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) demographics in the Gulf of Maine from 1998 to 2012

An individual-based probabilistic model for simulating fisheries population dynamics

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