Summary
The North Sea cod stock is assessed as a single unit however there is evidence of sub-stock structuring (Fox et al 2008, ICES 2007). The Moray Firth cod stock is reproductively isolated from other North Sea stocks. Spawning grounds for this species have been defined in the area of the MORL development (i.e. Coull et al 1998, Ellis et al 2010) howev...
