1 International Pacific Halibut Commission,
P. O. Box 95009, Seattle, WA, 98145-2009. email: bill@iphc.washington.edu 2 International Pacific Halibut Commission,
P. O. Box 95009, Seattle, WA, 98145-2009.
Revised on the Internet 11 October 2001
Abstract
This paper compares long-term changes in Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis
recruitment and growth with long-term changes in climate and stock size.
It appears that environmental variability—both interdecadal and interannual—is
responsible for most of the observed variation in Pacific halibut recruitment.
The large changes in growth rates that occurred during the twentieth century
appear to have been density-dependent responses to changes in stock size,
with virtually no environmental influence.
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