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Optimal age at maturation in the Northeast Arctic cod, shown for increasing fishing mortality rates fmax [year−1] in the feeder and spawning fishery. (A–C) with bell-shaped size-selectivity curves as is typical for gillnets, and (D–F) with sigmoid size-selectivity curves for example with trawls. Maximum selectivity Lmax is at: (A,D) 70 cm; (B,E) 90 cm; and (C,F) 110 cm. See legend to Fig. 3 for further explanation of axes.
