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New data on the longevity of coastal cod Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 in the White Sea

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The cod, Gadus morhua, is a common and abundant demer-sal fish in the White Sea coastal zone. The published data on the maximum age of White Sea cod still requires additional documentation, because some authors have noted difficulties in age determination by otoliths of large specimens. To obtain accurate data on the longevity of this species in the White Sea, an image analysis of thin-sections of otoliths was made for age estimation. Research surveys in the Chupa Inlet and adjacent waters of the Kandalaksha Bay were con-ducted in June to August from 2007 to 2013. The five largest specimens of a total of 3564 captured fish were selected for age determination. Age of these largest individuals ranged between 7 and 12 years, total length and weight varied from 60.2 to 77.0 cm and from 2.4 to 6.1 kg, respectively. Accord-ing to the data, maximal White Sea cod longevity is greater than in previously published data, and demonstrates similar longevity to conspecifics from the Baltic and North seas, whereas its life cycle is much shorter than cod from the Northeast Arctic, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador stocks.

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hal-01463728 , version 1 (13-04-2018)

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P N Yershov, C Marschal, Alexander Ereskovsky, A. E Vishnyakov. New data on the longevity of coastal cod Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 in the White Sea. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2016, 32 (2), pp.350-352. ⟨10.1111/jai.12961⟩. ⟨hal-01463728⟩
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