Fee ndity of A antic C d (Gadus morhua) in he S ut estern .Gulf of S ...

Table 1. .Leng t h , weight, and fecundity estimates of cod sampled in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1981.
Total Ovary Total Section Ovary weight Coefficient
Fish Fish ovary Ovary section mesentary mesentary due to Relative Absolute of variation
length weight weight weight weight weight weight me se n t a r Le s fecundi ty fecundi ty in egg counts
( em) (g) (g) (%) (g) (g) (g) (%) (eggs/g) (no. eggs) (%)
101.7 11 252 1625.4 14.45 463.1 45.45 12.95 2.80 767.44 8 635 180 4
102.0 10 598 966.3 9.12 453.6 14.08 6.61 1. 46 352.09 3 731 418 5
97.9 10 Lf75 1381.4 13.19 309.2 34.00 7.61 2.46 547. 11 5 731 005 4
52.2 1 257 120.6 9.59 57.8 .92 0.92 1. 59 366.15 460 250 0
86.1 5 443 683.9 12.56 321.6 10.72 5.04 1.57 339.64 1 848 636 9
102.7 9 536 376.1 3.94 178.6 8.23 3.91 2.19 360.23 3 435 108 2
96.2 8 167 1244.5 15.24 324.1 b b b 304.41 2 486 102 6
81.0 5 965 582.6 9.77 318.7 12.67 6.93 2.17 455.77 2 718 642 5
80.3 4 798 550.8 11.48 267.2 8.68 4.21 1. 58 283.24 1 358 997 3
79.5 5 881 1121.7 19.07 268.4 31.59 7.56 2.82 584 .59 3 437 985 3
76.7 3 265 441.2 13.51 224.8 10.38 5.29 2.35 271 .02 884 865 3
77.2 4 413 328.2 7.44 187.7 5.28 3.02 1. 61 419.87 1 852 893 6
47.8 1 222 91.8 7.51 1+3.4 2.62 1.24 2.85 315.57 385 1 8
53.0 1 321 120.5 9.12 71. 2 2.83 1. 67 2.35 362.02 478 3 6
69.0 3 321 400.2 12.05 239.7 5.66 3.39 1. 41 379.78 1 261 246 4 I
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65.2 3 395 478.1 14.08 221. Lf 17.28 8.00 3.61 373 .25 1 267 172 3 I
52.0 1 349 124.8 9.25 51. 4 1.31 0.5L, 1. 05 398.37 537 401 3
80.2 6 073 532.3 8.77 221.9 10.75 4.48 2.02 266.87 620 713 3
83.2 4 288 775.6 18.09 335.2 7.94 3.43 1.02 393.48 687 242 4
56.0 2 028 272 .8 13.45 140.4 2.72 1.40 1.00 658.38 1 335 192 4
51.0 1 Lf04 114.0 8.12 44.5 3.18 1. 24 2.79 164.72 231 271 2
83.5 5 805 535.8 9.23 228.9 13.83 5.91 2.58 331.03 1 921 627 3
64.4 2 418 233.4 9.65 99.6 5.09 2.17 2.18 519.36 1 255 801 2
49.2 1 365 126.5 9.27 57.5 1.72 0.78 1.36 204.52 279 71 5
66.0 2 721 470.5 17.29 224.8 8.25 3.94 1. 75 282.53 768 776 5
63.6 2 241 254.0 11.33 108.0 b b b 444.89 996 997 1
69.4 3 672 700.3 19.07 300.1 13.18 5.65 1.88 270.88 994 655 11
66.2 4 079 484 .8 11.89 243.3 9.43 4.73 1. 95 412.00 1 680 530 1
65.3 3 432 459.1 13.38 224.6 7.97 3.90 1. 74 253.10 868 646 7
85.3 5 818 652.2 11. 21 385.9 10.97 6.49 1. 68 282 • 31 1 642 476 5
79.5 a 4 668 379.5 8.13 204.5 11.38 6.13 3.00 42.53 198 510 4
56.2 a 1 364 87.9 6.44 43.0 1.96 0.96 2.23 124.06 169 218 6
a No t included
bNot available