Stock–environment recruitment models for Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus)
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Different stock–environment recruitment models for Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus) are fitted to a time series of spawning stock, recruitment, and temperature data extending back to 1907. In addition to the traditional temperature index from the Barents Sea (the average annual temperature in the Kola transect), we also developed a new index based on the temperature in the larval drift trajectories during early larval life. The models show highly significant effects of both spawning stock and temperature. The inclusion of the temperature term in the stock–recruitment models removes the autocorrelation from the residuals and improves their explanatory ability by 6–9%. We explore the interdependence between recruitment success and subsequent spawning stock biomass and conclude that this is not likely to generate the stock–recruitment relationship. Our analysis suggests that the collapse of the Norwegian spring spawning herring stock in the period 1950–1970 was not caused by reduced recruitment, but by the drop in spawning stock biomass induced by the increased fisheries in this period. Résumé : Divers modèles de stock–recrutement reliés à l’environnement appliqués à des harengs norvégiens à reproduction printanière (Clupea harengus) sont ajustés ici à des séries temporelles de données remontant à 1907 sur les stocks des géniteurs, le recrutement et la température. En plus du coefficient traditionnel de température dans la mer de Barents (la température annuelle moyenne sur le transect de Kola), nous avons créé un nouvel indice basé sur la température le long des trajectoires de dérive des larves au cours du début de leur vie. L’insertion du terme de température dans les modèles de stock–recrutement enlève l’autocorrélation des rédiduels et améliore le potentiel explicatif des modèles de 6–9 %. Un examen de l’interdépendance entre le succès du recrutement et la biomasse subséquente du stock des géniteurs nous amène à conclure que ce n’est vraisemblablement pas ce qui génère la relation stock-recrutement. Notre analyse laisse croire que l’effondrement du stock norvégien de harengs à reproduction printanière dans la période 1950–1970 n’est pas dû à une réduction du recrutement, mais à une diminution de la masse du stock des géniteurs à cause de l’accroissement des activités de pêche à cette époque. [Traduit par la Rédaction] Fiksen and Slotte 217
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