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Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) migrate from their offshore feeding areas to the 10 coastal areas of Iceland during March and April where they remain for several months before 11 spawning. Their movements during this time are poorly documented. Using the results of an 12 extensive tag-recapture study (the largest documented) which took place between...
Ovary development in Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) is complex, with several cohorts of developing oocytes present during vitellogenesis; this is unusual for a determinate spawner. There are also speculations that Greenland halibut are not capable of spawning every year. To investigate this possibility, ovaries from Greenland hali...
The fecundity of European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the Irish Sea between 2000 and 2004 was estimated during the spawning season for fish in the three main spawning areas (Liverpool Bay, the Cumbrian coast, and the western Irish Sea) and one small spawning group on the west coast of the Isle of Man. Fecundity was also estimated during Septe...
This study investigates the reproductive strategy, an important component in the estimation of stock reproductive potential,
in Norwegian spring-spawning (NSS) herring (Clupea harengus), an iteroparous, extreme capital spawner, through the estimation of fecundity over a period of 3years including two complete
maturation cycles and three spawning se...
Myctophids are one of the most diverse and abundant fish families in the mesopelagic zone, making them a key component in the marine pelagic community. In the North Atlantic, Benthosema glaciale (glacier lantern fish) is considered the most abundant myctophid north of 35° N, yet some regions within its extensive range lack information on its basic...
Hafrannsóknastofnun hefur frá árinu 2010 tekið þátt í alþjóðlegum uppsjávarleiðangri í norðaustur Atlantshafi að sumarlagi. Markmið leiðangursins er vistkerfisvöktun frá yfirborði sjávar niður á 500 m dýpi. Vöktunin fellst m.a. í mælingum á styrk næringarefna, hitastigi, seltu, magni og útbreiðslu átu, markríls, kolmunna, síldar, lax og hrognkelsa....
Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) is a poorly understood species which is often captured as part of mixed demersal fisheries across its range. Abundance has declined in many regions and there is a need for greater knowledge on its biology. To improve our understanding of reproduction of A. minor, we investigated inter- and intra- annual differenc...
The stomach of a spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) caught in Icelandic waters was found to contain ~727 greater eelpout larvae (Lycodes esmarkii). All the larvae were of similar size and at a similar state of digestion, indicating they were all consumed together. The likely explanation for this observation is that greater eelpout lay their eggs i...
Black ruff (Centrolophus niger) is a rare and poorly studied species found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and also in the Mediterranean Sea. It is sporadically caught south of Iceland during the annual International Ecosystem Summer Survey of the Nordic Seas. In total, 43 specimens were caught from 2009 to 2021, of which 41 specimens were...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from July 1st to August 3rd in 2023 using five vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate, for northeast A...
Black ruff (Centrolophus niger) is a rare and poorly studied species found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and also in the Mediterranean Sea. It is sporadically caught south of Iceland during the annual International Ecosystem Summer Survey of the Nordic Seas. In total, 43 specimens were caught from 2009 to 2021, of which 41 specimens were...
Juveniles of Arctic Rockling (Gaidropsarus argentatus) occupy a different niche than their adult counterparts and have a distinct morphology, with silvery sides and dark backs. It is unknown how long the juveniles occupy the pelagic zone before descending to the benthic environment they inhabit as adults. Data on the species’ distribution and biolo...
Rodríguez-Rey and Whittaker (Hydrobiologia 850:2089–2100, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05220-8) recently investigated the ecological niche of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in the Atlantic Ocean using species distribution models. They utilise occurrence records of lumpfish from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and envi...
To investigate inter- and intra- annual differences in fecundity, the influence of condition on fecundity and time scale of ovary development, 150 female Atlantic wolffish ( Anarhichas minor ) were sampled in Icelandic waters from 2006–2021. Backwards extrapolation of oocyte size indicates that vitellogenesis begins in December and is likely comple...
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) is a transatlantic marine fish displaying large population sizes and a high potential for dispersal and gene-flow. These features are expected to result in weak population structure. Here, we investigated population genetic structure of lumpfish throughout its natural distribution in the North Atlantic using two approa...
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Hafrannsóknastofnun hefur frá árinu 2010 tekið þátt í alþjóðlegum sumaruppsjávarleiðangri í norðaustur Atlantshafi. Markmið leiðangursins er vistkerfisvöktun að sumarlagi, frá yfirborði sjávar niður á 500 m dýpi. Vöktunin fellst m.a. í mælingum á styrk næringarefna, hitastigi, seltu, magni og útbreiðsla átu, markríls, kolmunna, síldar og hrog...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from July 1st to August 4th in 2020 using six vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1), Greenland (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate, f...
Oocytes were sampled from Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) and spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) to investigate the effect of fixation and storage in formalin on oocyte size and weight over time. The effect of formalin on oocyte size was dependent on the original size of the oocyte. As the effect of fixation was similar for the two species, a...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from July 1st to August 3rd in 2022 using six vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1), Greenland (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate, f...
Lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus ) is a transatlantic marine fish displaying large population sizes and a high potential for dispersal and gene-flow. These features are expected to result in weak population structure. Here, we investigated population genetic structure of lumpfish throughout its natural distribution in the North Atlantic using two appr...
Hafrannsóknastofnun hefur frá árinu 2010 tekið þátt í alþjóðlegum uppsjávar‐
rannsóknaleiðangri að sumarlagi í norðaustur Atlantshafi. Markmið leiðangursins er
vistkerfisvöktun að sumarlagi, frá yfirborði sjávar niður á 500 m dýpi. Vöktunin fellst m.a. í mælingaum á styrk næringarefna, hitastigi, seltu, magni og útbreiðsla átu, markríls,
kolmunna,...
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are the target of commercial fisheries in several countries. However, the collection of biological data for stock assessment purposes is both logistically difficult and expensive. The fishery takes place far from major population centres, over a wide geographical area, and, the roe is extracted at sea and the carcass i...
Summary of research, by all vessels, which participated in the International Ecosystem Summer Survey in July 2021.
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from June 30th to August 3rd in 2021 using five vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate, for northeast...
Ágrip
Hafrannsóknastofnun hefur frá árinu 2010 tekið þátt í alþjóðlegum uppsjávarleiðangri í
norðaustur Atlantshafi. Markmið leiðangursins er vistkerfisvöktun að sumarlagi, frá yfirborði sjávar niður á 500 m dýpi. Fellst m.a. í því mælingar á styrk næringarefna, hitastigi, seltu, magni og útbreiðsla átu, markríls, kolmunna, síldar og hrognkelsa. Su...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from July 1st to August 4th in 2020 using six vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1), Greenland (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate, f...
Here we challenge traditional views on the direction of change in teleost body condition and reproductive traits in response to abiotic and biotic factors by studying the data-rich, planktivorous Norwegian spring-spawning herring (NSSH), a member of the abundant Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) stock complex. To test potential influential factors...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from June 28th to August 5th in 2019 using six vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1), Greenland (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate,...
Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus L., has an extended ovary development period and a relatively long spawning season. It therefore seems unlikely that individuals spawning later in the season would be able to recover from spawning and develop their gonads in time to spawn during the early part of the season the following year. The hypothesis that indivi...
Cruise report from the International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS)
28th June – 5th August 2019
This report documents the fishery, assessment, and management of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) across its distribution range. Targeting lumpfish for their roe on a large scale began in the 1950s in Iceland and Norway and then in Canada in the 1970s and Greenland in the 1990s. When the fishery began, there were few regulations, but limits on vessel...
The International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS) was performed within approximately 5 weeks from June 30th to August 6th in 2018 using six vessels from Norway (2), Iceland (1), Faroe Islands (1), Greenland (1) and Denmark (1). The main objective is to provide annual age-segregated abundance index, with an uncertainty estimate,...
The reproductive biology of fishes impact many other components of their life history, and can influence their vulnerability to fisheries, therefore for more informed management, a good understanding is essential. For lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), a semi-pelagic species found across the north-Atlantic and targeted by fishers for their roe, compreh...
The female portion of the population of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in Iceland is currently monitored using a biomass index calculated using catch data from the Icelandic spring groundfish survey (referred to as the spring survey). This has been controversial among lumpfish fishers who insist that the behaviour and variations in the migration of...
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Fish stock advice and management have a focus on protecting the reproductive capacity of a stock. Central to the associated research undertaken is whether spawning stock biomass is a proxy for total egg production. Here we demonstrate for the planktivorous Atlantic herring that the standard use of season-independent potential fecundity...
Fecundity of Norwegian coastal cod (NCC) was estimated at several locations along the coast of Norway. There was no significant difference in carcass weight, liver weight or potential fecundity (Fp) between Lofoten and Verrabotn (Northern region) or between Bømlo and Langesund (Southern region). Fish caught in the Northern region had a higher liver...
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) is a high latitude species most abundant in Arctic and sub-Arcticwaters of the North Atlantic. Vertical behaviour of this fish is unclear as it is often caught by both pelagic and demersal trawls. To gain greater insight into its behaviour, 41 female lumpfish caught during the Icelandic Groundfish Survey (IGFS) in Marc...
The present chapter deals with the estimation of female fecundity in fishes, mostly teleosts. The chapter is organized in three main blocks. The first block is devoted to technical issues of fish fecundity measurements from fixation, preservation and treatment of ovarian material to automatic oocyte counts. The use of certain staining protocols for...
There is the potential to exploit new markets if fishermen are able to land live shrimp (Pandalus borealis, Krøyer 1838). For this trade to be economically viable, a high survival rate during capture and storage is essential. This study investigates possible factors such as trawl duration, sorting, storage temperature, storage time, and storage den...
In this study the reproductive investment of six populations of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in Norwegian waters was contrasted in relation to trade-offs with body growth (relatively slow-relatively fast) and migration distance (stationary-migratory). Down-regulation of fecundity through the process of atresia as well as standardisation of fe...
Spawning and nursery grounds are poorly described for the West Nordic stock of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) and the entire stock is assumed to originate from a common spawning ground southwest of Iceland. Greenland halibut with hydrated eggs in their ovary were caught during a gillnet survey in 1995 in Greenland waters. This sug...
Life-history theory suggests that animals may skip reproductive events after initial maturation to maximize lifetime fitness. In iteroparous teleosts, verifying past spawning history is particularly difficult; the degree of skipped spawning at the population level therefore remains unknown. We unequivocally show frequent skipped spawning in Northea...
Marine ecosystems are changing; global warming-induced increases in water temperatures
and fishing have caused truncated age structures and small sizes at maturity in many stocks.
This may affect both populations’ total reproductive output and the link between population demography
and recruitment, yet detailed information on fecundity regulation i...
A laboratory study was undertaken to investigate whether Northeast Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), i.e., Norwegian spring-spawning herring, exhibit a "sensitive period" during the feeding season in which ovary development is particularly susceptible to food availability and (or) energy reserves. Groups of herring received similar amounts of foo...
Fecundity in several fish species is subjected to down-regulation by atresia so if fecundity is estimated many months before spawning, this will be an overestimation of the realised fecundity (actual number of eggs spawned). In order to get accurate measurements of fecundity it is important to have knowledge on when potential fecundity (estimated f...
It is now considered important to monitor the fecundity of fish stocks as this provides an indi- cation of the Stock Reproductive Potential (SRP). There is currently very little data on the fecun- dity of the West-Nordic stock of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), which includes Greenland halibut in Icelandic waters. In order to achi...
To examine mechanisms that affect fecundity, atresia, and skipped spawning in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus
morhua), we conducted an experiment where wild-caught cod (>60 cm) kept under restricted food regimes were subjected to monthly biopsies and hormonal and physical measurements. The power of body weight as a fecundity proxy increased until the p...
The effect of controlling food intake during the autumn, which is the time of late vitellogenesis, on fecundity, atresia and follicle and ovary growth was examined for plaice Pleuronectes platessa. Eighteen fish were kept in individual pens and either fed on a high or low ration diet. Fish which increased in whole body condition exhibited an increa...
Maternal influences on various egg and larval characteristics were examined using plaice from the Irish Sea and Norwegian coastal waters. Thirty-nine batches of eggs were incubated during the spawning season of 2004 and 2005. Thirty-seven larvae from one batch were also monitored individually to examine the influence of egg size on larval size at h...