Presentation - Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Key research needs outlined (cont.)
• Theme 5 – Additional deployment of tags on cod:
– Juvenile cod: habitat usage, movements, dispersal from nursery grounds to
adult stocks;
– Spawning cod: address all major spawning grounds to investigate, natal
homing, long-term spawning movements, timing of spawning, critical habitats,
etc.;
– Fine-scale investigations to improve our understanding of critical habitats;
– Multi-year, long-term tagging with consistent tag releases over time and by
area;
– Advanced tagging technologies, e.g. acoustic arrays in strategic areas;
– Closed-area investigations: critical habitat, size, timing, etc;
– Incorporate additional ecology & biology within future tagging studies.