“…There is great concern over the decline in stock sizes for the cod Gadus morhua, particularly in the North Sea and the Grand Banks in the last 20 yr (Myers et al 1997, Christensen et al 2003, Horwood et al 2006. While the understanding of cod movements is increasing (Turner et al 2002, Robichaud & Rose 2004, Neat et al 2006, Svedäng et al 2007, the development of a mechanistic understanding of these movements may allow the availability of cod fishing potential at different spatial and temporal scales (O'Brien et al 2000). Similarly, information on cod depth utilisation (e.g.…”