“…Body composition, especially with regards to fat, has a profound influence on oocyte recruitment, fecundity and atresia, as has been documented in Atlantic cod, both in wild-captured fish and experimentally (Karlsen et al, 1995;Kjesbu and Holm, 1994;Kjesbu et al, 1991;Marshall et al, 1999;Skjaeraasen et al, 2010). Studies on broodstock nutrition in cod, as well as other fish species, generally focus on the effect of diet on fecundity, egg and larval viability and biochemical composition of the eggs (Lie et al, 1993;Silversand et al, 1995;Røjbek et al, 2014;Hemre et al, 1995;Mangor-Jensen et al, 1994;Pickova et al, 1997;Salze et al, 2005;Izquierdo et al, 2001;Furuita et al, 2003;Mazorra et al, 2003;Lanes et al, 2012).…”