Study of the Barents Sea iceland scallop Chlamys islandica stock dynamics using the analytical model
Scallop abundance dynamics in the fishery concentration of the Svyatoy Nos Cape in 1991- 2012 was studied. It was found that the scallop stock abruptly reduced in that period due to high direct and indirect fishing mortality against low recruitment. Modelling of the scallop stock dynamics using the Bayesian approach showed that, at present, the aggregation productivity is quite low as a result of which the stock will not be able to recover to the initial level in the nearest 10-20 years even if there is no fishery here.