Fig. 5: Matrix of the likely juvenile origins of mature age-1 whiting caught at ten locations and the contribution of juveniles from these areas to the west of Scotland and Irish Sea.
From: Otolith chemoscape analysis in whiting links fishing grounds to nursery areas
a Reading down the columns, the matrix displays the likely age-0 origin of age-1 whiting. The matrix rows show the likely contribution of age-0 whiting supplying the same ten areas. The right matrix margin displays the overall contribution to the study area from the ten designated areas. The grey dashed lines indicate the current stock boundary between the West of Scotland—ICES sub area VIa and the Irish Sea—ICES sub area VIIa. b The map displays the ten, age-1 whiting catch locations: North-North Minch (NNM), Offshore (Off), North Minch (NM), West Offshore (WOff), South Minch (SM), Inner Hebrides (IH), Firth of Clyde (Cl), Northeast Irish Sea (NEIS), West Irish Sea (WIS) and southern East Irish Sea (EIS).
