evolutionary ecology &
conservation biology
of fishes

Collapse of Newfoundland's northern Atlantic cod: Selected Publications

Hutchings, J.A., and Reynolds, J.D. 2004. Marine fish population collapses: Consequences for recovery and extinction risk.  BioScience 54: 297-309. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 2003. Update COSEWIC status report on Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in Canada.  In: COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A., and Ferguson, M. 2000. Temporal changes in harvesting dynamics of Canadian inshore fisheries for northern Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 805-814. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 1999. The biological collapse of Newfoundand's northern cod.  In:  D. Newell and R. Ommer [eds], Fishing People, Fishing Places:  Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries, Univ. Toronto Press, pp. 260-275. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A., Haedrich, R.L., and Walters, C. 1997. Reply: Scientific inquiry and fish stock assessment in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Reply: The interplay of policy, politics, and science. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1430-1431. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A., Walters, C., and Haedrich, R.L. 1997. Is scientific inquiry incompatible with government information control?  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1198-1210. |PDF|

Myers, R.A., Barrowman, N.J., and Hutchings, J.A. 1997. Inshore exploitation of Newfoundland Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) since 1948 as estimated from mark-recapture data.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54 (Suppl. 1): 224-235. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 1996. Spatial and temporal variation in the density of northern cod and a review of hypotheses for the stock's collapse.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53: 943-962. |PDF|

Myers, R.A., Hutchings, J.A., and Barrowman, N.J. 1996. Hypotheses for the decline of cod in the North Atlantic.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 138: 293-308. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 1995. Seasonal marine protected areas within the context of spatio-temporal variation in the northern cod fishery.  In: N.L. Shackell, N.L., and J.H.M. Willison [eds], Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries, SAMPAA, Centre for Conservation Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, pp. 39-47. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A., and Myers, R.A. 1994. What can be learned from the collapse of a renewable resource - Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, or Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51: 2126-2146. |PDF|

Taggart, C.T., Anderson, J., Bishop, C, Colbourne, E., Hutchings, J., Lilly, G., Morgan, J., Murphy, E., Myers, R., Rose, G., and Shelton, P. 1994. Overview of cod stocks, biology, and environment in the northwest Atlantic region of Newfoundland with emphasis on northern cod.  ICES Marine Science Symposium 198: 147-157.