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Assessing impacts of simulated oil spills on the Northeast Arctic cod fishery

Abstract

We simulate oil spills of 1500 and 4500 m3/day lasting 14, 45, and 90 days in the spawning grounds of the commercial fish species, Northeast Arctic cod. Modeling the life history of individual fish eggs and larvae, we predict deviations from the historical pattern of recruitment to the adult population due to toxic oil exposures. Reductions in survival for pelagic stages of cod were 0–10%, up to a maximum of 43%. These reductions resulted in a decrease in adult cod biomass of
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Ocean / Climate and Environment
  • SINTEF Ocean / Fisheries and New Biomarine Industry
  • UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Akvaplan-niva AS
  • Institute of Marine Research

Year

2018

Published in

Marine Pollution Bulletin

ISSN

0025-326X

Volume

126

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