Cusk (Brosme brosme) COSEWIC assessment and status report 2012: chapter 1
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the CuskBrosme brosme in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. x + 85 pp. (Species at Risk Public Registry).
Previous report(s):
COSEWIC. 2003. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the cusk Brosme Brosme in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 30 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC acknowledges Robert O’Boyle for writing the status report on Cusk (Brosme brosme) in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada. This report was overseen and edited by Alan Sinclair, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Marine Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee.
Supplemental information including:
- Collections Examined (Trawl Surveys)
- Appendix 1. Maturity, length and sex analysis
- Appendix 2. Analyses of biomass index trends in Atlantic Halibut industry survey
- Appendix 3. State Space Bayesian model of Cusk population dynamics implemented using R2Winbugs (adapted from Davies and Jonsen, 2011)
is available upon request by contacting the Secretariat at COSEWIC E-mail
Please note: Table 20 and Table 21 do not appear in this report as they were still considered DRAFT on publishing date. Please contact the Secretariat at COSEWIC E-mail for a copy of final tables
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC web site
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le Brosme (Brosme brosme) au Canada.
Cover illustration/photo:
Cusk -- The illustration of Brosme brosme on the front cover is from an original by H.L. Todd with control number P02360. It is provided by the Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Division of Fishes.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2013.
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