Occurrence of plastics ingested by Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) destined for human consumption (Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador)

2020 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 110993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Saturno ◽  
Max Liboiron ◽  
Justine Ammendolia ◽  
Natasha Healey ◽  
Elise Earles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Human Consumption

Survival of Northern Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Eggs and Larvae when Exposed to Ice and Low Temperature

1992 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2588-2595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Valerio ◽  
Sally V. Goddard ◽  
Ming H. Kao ◽  
Garth L. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Ice Crystals ◽  
Freeze Resistance ◽  
Northern Cod ◽  
Northern Atlantic ◽  
Eggs And Larvae

Freeze resistance of eggs and larvae of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from the northern cod stock was investigated to determine whether ice contact could affect survival during the spring spawning season off Newfoundland. Egg and larval homogenates did not appear to contain antifreeze proteins (mean freezing points −0.78 and −0.88 °C, respectively). However, cod eggs did not freeze at −1.8 °C in icy aerated seawater, could be undercooled to −4.0 °C in ice, and froze at temperatures between −4.1 and −1 7 °C; freeze resistance depended on the integrity of the chorion. Larvae withstood undercooling to −1.8 °C, provided they were not brought into direct contact with ice crystals, if directly touched with ice, larvae froze at −1.36 °C (feeding stage) or −1.34 °C (yolk-sac), approximately 0.5 °C lower than would be expected from the freezing temperatures of their body fluids. The nature of their external epithelium and delayed development of sensitive gill structures below 0 °C may contribute to larval freeze resistance. Cod eggs and larvae are found in spring off Newfoundland and Labrador, when sea temperatures can be as low as −1.8 °C and ice cover extensive. While cod eggs are remarkably freeze resistant, such environmental conditions may cause freezing mortalities in larval cod.

Spatial synchronicity in recruitment of Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) stocks off Newfoundland and Labrador and the Flemish Cap

2017 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick J. Tulk ◽  
Noel G. Cadigan ◽  
John Brattey ◽  
Dominique Robert
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod

scholarly journals Is recovery of northern cod limited by poor feeding? The capelin hypothesis revisited

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 784-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell R. J. Mullowney ◽  
George A. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Fish Growth ◽  
Small Fish ◽  
Performance Trends ◽  
Northern Cod ◽  
Capelin Mallotus Villosus ◽  
Prime Condition

Abstract The slow recovery of the “northern” Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stock off Newfoundland and Labrador has been ascribed to many factors. One hypothesis is poor feeding and condition as a consequence of a decline in capelin (Mallotus villosus), their former main prey. We compared the growth and condition of cod from known inshore (Smith Sound) and offshore (Bonavista Corridor) centres of rebuilding in wild subjects versus captive subjects fed an unlimited diet of oily rich fish. Wild fish in these areas have had different diets and population performance trends since stock declines in the early 1990s. Captive cod from both areas grew at the same rates and achieved equivalent prime condition, while their wild counterparts differed, with smaller sizes, lower condition in small fish, and elevated mortality levels in the offshore centre. Environmental temperature conditions did not account for the differences in performance of wild fish. Our results suggest that fish growth and condition, and hence rebuilding in the formerly large offshore spawning components of the northern cod, have been limited by a lack of capelin in their diet. Furthermore, we suggest that these groups are unlikely to rebuild until a recovery in capelin occurs.

Factors affecting the swimming endurance and catchability of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1200-1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D Winger ◽  
Pingguo He ◽  
Stephen J Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Swimming Speed ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Failure Time ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Fish Length ◽  
Time Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Swimming Endurance

The swimming endurance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), native to the cold waters off the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, was investigated under laboratory conditions. Using a swimming flume, endurance was tested at swimming speeds ranging from 0.6 to 1.3 m·s-1 using water temperatures from 0.0 to 9.8°C ( mean = 3.2°C, SD = 2.8) and fish lengths from 41.0 to 86.0 cm ( mean = 57.8 cm, SD = 10.5). The results revealed that swimming speed was the only significant factor affecting the endurance of cod. The maximum sustained swimming speed (Ums) was predicted to be 0.66 m·s-1. Statistical analysis of the data was conducted using failure time analysis. The hazard, or risk of exhaustion, was found to increase rapidly with increasing swimming speed, i.e., there was a decrease in the probability of cod achieving a given swimming endurance. Probability curves for the endurance of cod were calculated for different swimming speeds. The findings suggest that the catching efficiency of commercially targeted cod (>41.0 cm) by otter trawls may be highly sensitive to changes in towing speed while being independent of both fish length and water temperature.

Spatiotemporal variations in juvenile mortality and cohort strength of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off Newfoundland and Labrador

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-635
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Rick M. Rideout ◽  
Noel G. Cadigan
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variations ◽  
Juvenile Mortality ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Fish Recruitment

Juvenile mortality is an important factor affecting the spatiotemporal dynamics of fish recruitment, but estimation of the spatiotemporal variations in juvenile mortality rates remains challenging. We developed a state-space metapopulation dynamics model to simultaneously estimate spatiotemporal variations in juvenile mortality rates and cohort strength and applied this general modelling framework to data from multiple surveys for juvenile (ages 2–5) Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stocks off Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). We found large-scale synchronized dynamics of decreasing juvenile mortality rates and increasing cohort strength from offshore surveys off eastern and southeastern NL, suggesting improving reproduction and survival rates for juvenile cod. No synchronized patterns of juvenile mortality rates and cohort strength were detected for cod stocks off southern and western NL, indicating more complex cod population spatial structures in those areas. Our study demonstrates the potential of juvenile mortality to cause temporally variable and spatially synchronized dynamics of fish recruitment, and the spatial patterns of juvenile mortality and cohort strength indicate some potential mismatch between cod population structure and current management units off NL.

scholarly journals The acoustic dead zone: theoretical vs. empirical estimates, and its effect on density measurements of semi-demersal fish

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1364-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. S. Mello ◽  
G. A. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Dead Zone ◽  
Demersal Fish ◽  
Depth Gradient ◽  
Density Measurements ◽  
Acoustic Data ◽  
Empirical Estimates ◽  
The Difference

Abstract Mello, L. G. S., and Rose, G. A. 2009. The acoustic dead zone: theoretical vs. empirical estimates, and its effect on density measurements of semi-demersal fish. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 1364–1369. The height of the acoustic dead zone, the region near the seabed where fish cannot be resolved acoustically, was calculated both theoretically (DZt) and empirically (DZe). The DZe was based on measurements of depth and trawl geometry from sensors (SCANMAR) mounted on a bottom trawl deployed during a survey off Newfoundland and Labrador in winter 2007. Acoustic data were acquired while trawling, using a 38-kHz echosounder (Simrad EK500) with a hull-mounted transducer. The DZe was calculated as the difference between the trawl-footrope depth and the corresponding acoustically sensed, seabed depth. EK500 and SCANMAR estimates of seabed depth were significantly different. The fish caught were mostly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The estimates of DZe ranged between 2.0 and 3.5 m and were greater than DZt by 0.1–0.9 m in more than half the cases. Three values of acoustically derived cod densities were estimated for each tow, without dead-zone correction and with corrections for DZt and DZe. When compared with DZt corrections, DZe resulted in negative (6–12%) and positive (9–35%) corrections to cod density. A general linear model revealed that the seabed depth gradient, standard deviation of estimated fish density in the dead zone, and wind direction and force explained 85% of the difference between DZt and DZe estimates. These factors affected the detection of the seabed and biased acoustically derived indices of demersal-fish abundance.

Larval Anisakis simplex (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) Infection in the Musculature of Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, from Newfoundland and Labrador

1992 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2635-2647 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Brattey ◽  
Claude A. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anisakis Simplex ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Examination Method

Larvae of Anisakis simplex were found in the flesh of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, collected in 21 regions around Newfoundland and Labrador during 1985–87. Prevalence and abundance increased with cod size and varied geographically; cod off Labrador had the fewest larvae whereas those from the south coast of Newfoundland were the most heavily infected. Most larvae (~95%) occurred in flesh surrounding the body cavity (napes), with a significantly higher percentage of the nematodes (~58%) in the flesh on the left side. In 505 cod in which all tissues were examined, 85.6, 10.8, and 3.5% of the A. simplex resided in the body cavity and viscera, napes, and fillets, respectively. Cod surveyed tended to have more A. simplex in the musculature than those from other areas off eastern Canada, but are lightly infected compared with most other Atlantic cod stocks. The examination method (candling combined with slicing) recovered, on average, 42% of the A. simplex present in the flesh; consequently, infection statistics reported here are underestimates. Numbers of A. simplex in cod off Labrador and eastern Newfoundland are similar to those observed during 1947–53, but the abundance of A. simplex appears to have increased among cod from NAFO Subdivision 3Pn.

scholarly journals Low incidence of plastic ingestion among three fish species significant for human consumption on the island of Newfoundland, Canada

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Liboiron
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Cultural Importance ◽  
Capelin Mallotus Villosus ◽  
Food Fish ◽  
Low Incidence ◽  
Contamination Levels

This study reports the first baselines of plastic ingestion for three fish species that are common commercial and sustenance food fish in Newfoundland. Species collections occurred between 2015 and 2016 for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and capelin (Mallotus villosus). The frequency of occurrence (%FO) of plastic ingestion for both Atlantic salmon (n = 69) and capelin (n = 350) was 0%. Of the 1010 Atlantic cod individuals collected over two years, 17 individuals had ingested plastics, a %FO of 1.68%. This is the only multi-year investigation of plastic ingestion in Atlantic cod for the Northwest Atlantic, and the first baseline of plastic ingestion in Atlantic salmon and capelin on the island of Newfoundland. Considering the ecological, economic, and cultural importance of these fish species, this study is the beginning of a longitudinal study of plastic ingestion to detect any future changes in contamination levels.

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