Conservation of spawning time between years in lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus and potential impacts from the temporal distribution of fishing effort

• Published in: Fisheries management and ecology Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 389 - 396
• Main Authors: Kennedy, James, Ólafsson, Halldór G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2019
• Subjects: coastal fishery; Cyclopterus lumpus; Cylopterus lumpus; Fish; Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing effort; Fishing mortality; Genetic control; Gonads; Iceland; Marking; mortality; ovarian development; Ovaries; ovary development; phenology; reproduction; reproductive phenology; roe fishery; Seasons; Spawning; Spawning seasons; Tagging; Temporal distribution; Iceland

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 sea...