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  • 1
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Fishery surveys of the continental slope to the west of the British Isles have shown quite marked differences between areas in both the proportion and abundance of marketable or potentially marketable species. In general, the northern slopes lying to the west of Scotland were considered to have a greater potential for exploitation than the southern slopes off Ireland. Subsequent detailed studies of a northern (Rockall Trough) and a southern slope area (Porcupine Seabight) sampled the demersal fish fauna using a Granton trawl fished on paired warps to depths of 1200 m, and a semi-balloon trawl fished on a single warp to depths of about 3000 m. The Granton trawl catches differed significantly between the two areas, especially at the greatest depths fished. The semi-balloon trawl catches did not differ between the areas. This slower trawl was poor at catching large, mobile species and efficient in the capture of the deep-waler eel Synaphobranchus kaupi. This eel was numerically dominant over the mid to lower slope and probably accounts for much of the similarity between areas at these depths.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 49 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Validation of the ageing of deep-water fish is difficult and there are only a few instances where the rings on the otoliths have been shown to be laid down annually. Roundnose grenadier have been fished commercially in the North Atlantic since the 1960s and the adult fish have frequently been aged by counting the rings in otoliths or scales. All the ageing was done on the assumption that the rings in the otoliths or scales were annual. Between 1975 and 1992, the Scottish Association for Marine Science carried out seasonal trawling surveys in the Rockall Trough using a fine-meshed trawl, and collected otoliths from a wide size range of roundnose grenadier. An examination of the growing edge of otoliths from juvenile fish from these collections suggests that the rings in the otoliths are laid down annually. The broader, opaque zones which represent the growth phase were dominant between September and March. The thinner, hyaline zones were dominant between April and July. The apparent delay in the growth phase compared with most shallow-water species is discussed in relation to the availability of mesopelagic prey.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 24 (1984), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The incidence of gyrocotyllid worms in chimaeroids and cestode larvae and nematodes in the stomachs of some 13 600 demersal and pelagic fish from the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic is determined. The observations were made in conjunction with a detailed study of the diets of the fish which belonged to 117 species. No dietary sources of the infections could be identified with certainty. Pelagically caught fish, from between the surface and 2500 m depth, had no helminth infestation of their stomachs. Infestations of demersal fish were more pronounced between 1500 and 2900 m than between 500 and 1250 m depth.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 10 (1977), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) were collected during a trawling survey of inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. 0–group fish were first taken by the bottom trawl in late summer and since there was no evidence of local spawning it was inferred that a migration from the open sea had occurred. The distribution and age composition of the stock was related to depth. The young fish migrated from the shallower stations during their first winter but persisted for a second winter at some of the deeper stations.There was a marked seasonal variation in the quality of the diet and in the intensity of feeding. The most important food organisms were copepods, decapod larvae, mysids and euphausiids. Diurnal variations in the intensity of feeding were minimal in August but the quality of the food in the stomachs was dependent on the time of sampling. The converse was observed in January when feeding was at a maximum between dusk and dawn but the quality of the food remained fairly constant.
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    Journal of fish biology 11 (1977), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: This paper records the unusual occurrence of the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) from inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland from 1971 to 1974. The fish were O and I-group and appeared to migrate into the area during the autumn and winter months. Data on growth, length for weight relationships and feeding are described.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 26 (1985), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The general composition and diversity of the diets of the 43 most commonly caught pelagic and demersal fish of the Rockall Trough, north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, are assessed. The fish are divided into three Groups. The 8 species in Group I consist of both pelagic and demersal species feeding on relatively few prey-classes and having a diet of low diversity and few items per meal. Group II contains 22 pelagic and demersal species with more diverse diets, less restricted dietary composition, but still consuming relatively few items per meal. Group III is the 12 demersal macrourid species with the most diverse diets, a variable dietary composition and the greatest mean number of items per meal. One species, Maurolicus muelleri, had too many unidentified components in its diet to allow classification in terms of Groups I, II or III. All diets contained dominant items, the diversity within diets offish in Groups II and III arising from the inclusion of subdominants and rare items. The diets of species in Groups I and II can be defined in terms of ecological constitution, trophic diversity and prey-species composition. Those of the Group III macrourids differ in that their definition is liable to be a compromise between the situation where ecological constitution and trophic diversity are adequately defined but not species composition.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 24 (1984), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The occurrence of stones, sediment and fish scales was determined among the stomach contents of some 5000 fish. These fish comprised representatives of more than 70 different demersal species, sampled at 250 m bathymetric intervals, from the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic Ocean, at depths ranging from 500 to 2900 m. Stones only occurred in stomachs of fish caught at 500–1000 m depth, their incidence in stomachs with food present being 4.6% at 500m, 1.1% at 750 m and 1.3% at 1000m depth. Sediment occurred in 9%, fish scales in 7%, of stomachs with contents. Sediment and scales co-occurred in the stomachs of primarily benthopelagic feeding fish. The sediment, however, was associated with the less dominant epibenthic components of the diets while the scales occurred with the more common benthopelagic components. The co-occurrence of sediment, scales and benthopelagic prey may arise through the former items having longer residence times in the stomachs than, for example, epibenthic prey. There is no evidence of increased occurrence of sediment (and its associated meiofauna) in the diets of fish on the lower slope at depths of 1500–2900 m in the Rockall Trough.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 10 (1977), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The whiting (Merlangius merlangus) is an important commercial species from the West Coast of Scotland. This paper describes the distribution, abundance, age composition and growth of juvenile whiting which are found in the inshore areas and sea lochs. No spawning was observed in the areas and it is assumed there was an active migration of whiting from the open sea. They were first caught by the bottom trawl in July, reached maximum abundance in November and December and thereafter declined in numbers until few remain by early summer. An exception to this occurs in Loch Etive and possible explanations for the fact that whiting tend to remain for longer periods and grow at a slower rate in this loch are discussed.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 11 (1977), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The food and feeding of the whiting (Merlangius merlangus) of the inshore waters and sea lochs of the west of Scotland were studied from 1969–1973. Fish and Crustacea were the main food items and their occurrence in the stomachs was clearly related to the size of the whiting and also to their seasonal abundance. The diurnal changes in feeding were also investigated and the results indicated that the size of fish was again an important factor which could affect the interpretation of the seasonal data.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 54 (1999), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Nezumia aequalis is one of the most abundant fishes on the upper and middle continental slopes (500–1750 m depth zones) of the North-east Atlantic with a peak abundance of three to four individuals 1000 m−2 swept area in the 750-m zone. Mean and modal size increased with depth, fish from the Rockall Trough (RT) being larger than those at equivalent depths in the Porcupine Seabight (PSB). Sex ratios were close to parity in all depth zones. Females grew larger than males. Head length to total length and to total weight did not differ significantly between sexes but RT fish were heavier at any given length than PSB fish. Serial batch spawning occurred over the first three quarters of the year. Ovaries contained five size groups of eggs, the three largest groups being vitelline and contributing 27% of the absolute individual fecundity which was positively correlated with body size and ranged from 9109 to 26 847. Age determined from sagittal otoliths ranged from 1 to 10 years, the ageing method being validated by a time-series study of the growing edge of otoliths. The von Bertalanffy growth parameter (k) was estimated at 0·175 and 0·216 from head length and otolith length, respectively.
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