Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.1.12

Captures of Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758) still happen in NW Mediterranean waters

Diego K. Kersting orcid.org/0000-0002-2049-7849 ; Working Group on Geobiology and Anthropocene Research, Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Ernesto Azzurro ; ISPRA, National Institute of Environmental Protection and Research, Sts Livorno, Piazzale dei Marmi 2, 57123 Livorno, Italy

Abstract

The ling Molva molva is a widespread gadid in the Northeast Atlantic and one example of a poorly studied species of particular interest, being its distribution affected by climate warming. The ling supposedly occurs in the cold waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, where it used to be commonly fished, but to our best knowledge, records of M. molva after the 1990s are not available from the scientific literature. Here we report the recent capture of two individuals, one of them of considerable size, at 35 nautical miles off the coast of Castelló (Spain, NW Mediterranean).

Keywords

ling; Molva molva; NW Mediterranean; fishermen knowledge

Hrčak ID:

223134

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/223134

Publication date:

15.7.2019.

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