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Abundance indices (I) at length with standard error of the mean (S) from bottom trawl hauls for main areas north and east of Spitsbergen in September 2003 (numbers

There are two independent estimates of the abundance or relative abundance of Northeast Arctic cod; one based on commercial catch data and the other, a fishery independent

As with the cod the 0-group haddock were distributed over a wide area in the central Barents Sea, with extensions northwestwards from Bear Island along the coast of Spitsbergen as

The .distribution of 0--group Greenland halibut was similar to those of the two previous year classes, located mainly in the Spitsbergen area. The abundance index, for the 1979

The main distribution of O-group cod is normally separated into two areas west of Spitsbergen and on area north of Finnmark with an extension southeastward to

The 0-group cod was distributed in two separated areas as in 1982, north of the Finnmark and Murman coast and west of Spitsbergen. Two different indices of year class strength are

Observations concerning the geographical distribution of 0-group fish and their abundance are given in this report together with a brief description of the temperature conditions in

The 0-group cod was distributed along Spitsbergen to the Norwegian coast and eastwards, close to Novaya Zemlya. However, the survey did not cover the total distribution of 0-group