Evaluating the potential impacts of grey seal predation and fishery bycatch/discards on cod productivity on the Western Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy

no code implementations • 16 Aug 2023 • Steven P. Rossi, Yanjun Wang, Cornelia E. den Heyer, Hugues P. Benoît

We developed a statistical catch-at-age model for 4X5Y cod that accounted for both grey seal predation and estimated bycatch/discards to evaluate the degree to which either of these factors may influence cod mortality.