Occurrence of Pollock, Pollachius virens, and Sand Lance, Ammodytes sp., Larvae in the Bay of Fundy

J. S. Scott

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Marine Fish Division
Biological Station, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada EOG 2XO

Source - Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, Volume 1: 45-48
ISSN-0250-7408

 

Scott, J.S. 1980. Occurrence of Pollock, Pollachius virens, and Sand Lance, Ammodytes sp., Larvae in the Bay of Fundy. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 1: 45-48. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v1.a4

 

Abstract

A plankton survey of the Bay of Fundy in March 1979 revealed for the first time the occurrence of pollock and sand lance larvae. Distributions of numbers per tow and length composition of catches indicated that the pollock larvae originated outside the Bay and dispersed from the south toward the inner part of the Bay. Similar data for sand lance indicated two spawning areas, one near Cape Chignecto from which the larvae dispersed toward the mouth of the Bay, and the other near Long Island, western Nova Scotia; with apparent mixing at the mouth of the Bay of larvae from both spawning sites.

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Language - English
Publisher - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
Publication Date - December 1980
Publication Type - Journal Article
Descriptors - Bay of Fundy, larvae, pollock, plankton, sand lance

Citation: Scott, J.S. 1980. Occurrence of Pollock, Pollachius virens, and Sand Lance, Ammodytes sp., Larvae in the Bay of Fundy. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 1: 45-48. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v1.a4