Observations of Cod at Greenland 2010/11 - Fisheries Science Partnership

During the May, June and July 2010, the fishing vessel *Marbella *carried out commercial fishing for Greenland cod (*Gadus morhua*) off the east coast of Greenland. Some hauls were targeted at Greenland halibut *(* *Reinhardtius hippoglossoides*). The purpose of this report is to fulfil the Greenlandic Authorities’ requirement to present observer-collected information on cod (for details see below), so the results for Greenland halibut (and other species taken) are not presented. In all, 116 tows targeting cod were carried out in two areas off the east coast of Greenland, of which 46 where sampled for length and 40 of the 46 for otoliths and other biological information. Discarded cod amounted to just 0.08% of the total catch of the species (some of these fish were damaged on hauling and processing).