This group studies demersal fish in all our marine areas, and its objective is to maintain and develop the Institute of Marine Research’s principal fields of competence in this area. This competence includes the collection of biological data such as length, weight, age, maturation, etc., information regarding stock sizes, distribution and migration based on acoustic methods and bottom-trawling, assessments of stock condition, modelling of stock development in single and multi-stock perspectives, provision of management advice, etc.
The stocks on which this group has particular competence are the following:
- North-east arctic cod
- Coastal cod
- North Sea cod
- North-east arctic haddock
- North Sea haddock
- Saithe north of 62°N
- North Sea saithe
- Whiting
- Norway pout
The group supplies its research and technical expertise regarding demersal fish to:
- The Barents Sea Ecosystem Programme
- The Coastal Zone Ecosystem Programme
- The North Sea Ecosystem Programme
- The Oil - Fish Programme
- The Ecosystems and Stock Dynamics Programme
- The Climate – Fish Programme
- The Biological Mechanisms Programme
The Demersal Fish Research Group comprises 15 scientists and 10 technicians. Two members of the group are based in Tromsø, the remainder in Bergen.
