Bulletin of the SFI 2 (147) 1999 - A comparative study of populations of southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis Norman, 1937) from the Falkland and New Zealand fishing

A comparative study of populations of southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis Norman, 1937) from the Falkland and New Zealand fishing grounds using selected taxonomic characters
Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute 2 (147) 1999, pp. 37-50

Kordian Trella
Sea Fisheries Institute, Kołłątaja 1, 81-332 Gdynia, Poland

Key words: southern blue whiting, Falkland Islands, New Zealand, taxonomic characters, comparative analysis.

Abstract.
A comparative analysis of populations of southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis Norman, 1937) based on the investigations of 17 taxonomic characters revealed that there was no subspecific differentiation between populations of southern blue whiting from the Falkland Islands and New Zealand fishing grounds. The differentiation which was noted did not vary in character from other commonly found differences between fish populations which are described in the literature.