Fidelity within and connectivity among spawning components of Atlantic cod

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The Gulf of Maine stock of Atlantic cod is rebuilding after decades of overfishing. Many historic coastal spawning components have been depleted, causing reductions in spawning diversity, recruitment, and productivity. We used acoustic telemetry to study the movements of a coastal spawning component in the western Gulf of Maine. Fine-scale (