Preliminary report of the Norwegian groundfish survey at Bear Island and west-Spitsbergen in the autumn 1983
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This report describes the results from a stratified bottom
trawl survey carried out by R/V "Eldjarn" and M/Tr "Bøtrål 4"
in the period 6 September to 1 October 1983. Cod were most
abundant in the Bear Island area and most numerous was the
1982-yearclass. The former most abundante 1979-yearclass was
redused with 60% compared to the 1982 results. Older haddock
were scarce, but some recruitement of the 1982-yearclass was
recorded. The most abundant species in the area were Long
rough dab and redfish.