Publikasjonsdetaljer
Tidsskrift: ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 79, p. 1340–1352, lørdag 9. april 2022
Utgivere: Oxford University Press
Utgave: 4
Internasjonale standardnumre:
Trykt: 1054-3139
Elektronisk: 1095-9289
Lenker:
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac057
Density-dependent growth, which might influence the effects of fisheries on a population, is often ignored when management strategies are evaluated, mainly due to a lack of appropriate models readily available to be implemented. To improve on this, we investigated if somatic growth in Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) depends on cohort density using a formulation of the von Bertalanffy growth function on cohorts from 1921 to 2014 and found a significant negative correlation between estimated asymptotic length and density. This clearly indicates density-dependent effects on growth, and we propose a model that can be used to predict the size-at-age of Norwegian spring-spawning herring as a function of herring density (the abundance of two successive cohorts) in short-term predictions of catch advice, and in Management strategy evaluations, including estimation of their reference points such as FMSY.