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The Status of Skate Stocks in the Barents Sea

2005; Volume: 35; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2960/j.v35.m522

1813-1859

Andrey V. Dolgov, Konstantin Drevetnyak, E.V. Gusev,

Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Annual trawl surveys conducted by Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) in the Barents Sea during 1998–2001 have been used to describe the distribution, habitat (temperature, salinity and depth), size distribution and sex ratio of six species of skates (thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata; Arctic skate, Amblyraja hyperborea; round skate, Rajella fyllae; blue skate, Dipturus batis; and spinytail skate, Bathyraja spinicauda). The relative biomass and abundance of the five species are presented.