Estimation of predation mortalities on capelin using a cod - capelin model for the Barents Sea
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The Barents Sea capelin stock collapsed during the period 1983-1986. One of the main factors
causing the collapse was a rapid increase in consumption of capelin by cod. Based on
measurements of stomach evacuation rates in the appropriate temperature interval and data
from a combined Soviet-Norwegian stomach sampling programme, predation mortalities are calculated by a simplified version of the IMR multispecies model for the Barents Sea -
MULTSPEC. Cod-capelin interaction parameters and migration parameters for capelin in
MULTSPEC are also estimated. The use of the predation mortalities calculated from the
multispecies model in a single-species model used for capelin management is discussed.