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Silver hake - US Atlantic coast northern

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Two stocks of silver hake on the U.S. Atlantic coast (a northern and a southern) are assumed for assessment and management purposes, based on differences in morphology, otolith shape, population trends and the habitat interruption at Georges Bank. There are indications however that there is a single population with incomplete mixing over Georges Bank. The relationship with Canadian stocks is also not fully understood (NEFSC, 2006).

Common names of fishery

Northern stock silver hake, Atlantic hake, New England hake, Whiting

Jurisdiction

United States

Fisheries Management areas

Northern Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine in the US Atlantic EEZ

Gear types

Bottom trawls – otter trawls

Species

Merluccius bilinearis

Common species names

Silver hake

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