Dr John D. M. Gordon

Telephone:+ 44 1631 559222 or +44 1852 300332
E-mail:john.gordon@sams.ac.uk

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SAMS Honorary Research Fellow

Dr John Gordon is a fish biologist. He joined SAMS in 1969 and initially investigated the fish populations of the sea lochs of the Oban area. In 1974 he participated in the maiden fishing cruise of the oceanographic research vessel Challenger and in 1975 began a study of the deep-water fish populations of the Rockall Trough that was to last until 1999 when Challenger was decommisioned. His main research interests are in the biology and ecology of the deep-water demersal fish and he has published widely on age, growth, reproduction and feeding. When the commercial deep-water fishery began in 1989 his knowledge became invaluable and this was recognised by his appointment as UK Buckland Professor in 1994. He chaired the ICES Deep-water Study Group from 1995-2000 and has coordinated several European Union projects. He has been a co-convener of four international deep-water fisheries meetings. Since retiring at the end of 2002 and becoming an Honorary Fellow he has continued to be active in writing up previous research for publication, editing and giving lectures at deep-water symposia. He has also undertaken several consultancies under the auspices of SAMS. In 2007 he became a member of GESAMP and will chair a new deep-water fisheries working group

Publications

Refereed (SCI listed)

Bullock, A.M., Roberts, R.J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1976). A study on the structure of the whiting integument (Merlangius merlangus L.). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 56, 213 226.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1977). The fish populations in inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. The biology of the Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii ). Journal of Fish Biology, 10 , 417 430.
 
Gordon, J.D.M., (1977). The fish populations in inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. The unusual occurrence of the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) and some notes on its biology. Journal of Fish Biology, 11, 121 124.

Gordon,  J.D.M., (1977). The fish populations in inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. The food and feeding of the whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 11, 513 529.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1977). The fish populations in inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. The distribution, abundance and growth of the whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 10, 587 596.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R.,(1979). Some notes on the biology of the snake blenny, Lumpenus lampretaeformis  on the west coast of Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 413 419.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1980). The food and feeding of the deep sea morid fish Lepidion eques (Gunther, 1887) in the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 60, 1053 1059.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1983). Diets of sharks and chimaeroids of the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 75, 269 278.
 
Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1983). Diets of clupeoid, stomiatoid, and salmonid fish of the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 77, 67 78.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Incidence of parasitic worms in the stomachs of pelagic and demersal fish of the Rockall Trough. Journal of Fish Biology, 24, 281 285.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Occurrence of stones, sediment and fish scales in stomach contents of demersal fish of the Rockall Trough. Journal of Fish Biology, 24, 357 367.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Feeding and bathymetric distribution of the gadoid and morid fish of the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom  64, 657 665.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Diets an bathymetric distributions of the macrourid fish of the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 81, 107 121.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Occurrence and feeding of the berycomorphid and percomorphid teleost fish in the Rockall Trough. Journal de Conseil, 41, 239 247.

Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1985). Trophic diversity in deep-sea fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 26, 527 535.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R., (1985). The ecology of the deep-sea benthic and benthopelagic fish on the slopes of the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 15, 37 69.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R., (1985). The biology of the fish of the family Moridae in the deep water of the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 65, 475 485.

Gordon, J.D.M., Nishida, S. and Nemoto, T.,(1985). The diet of mesopelagic fish from the Pacific Coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan., 41, 89 97.
 
Mauchline, J. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1986). Foraging strategies of deep-sea fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 27, 227 238.
 
Bullock, A.M., Philips, S.E., Gordon, J.D.M. and Roberts, R.J., (1986). Sarcotaces sp.,a parasitic copepod infection in two deep sea fishes, Lepidion eques (Gunther 1887) and Coelorhynchus occa (Goode and Bean 1886). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 66, 835 843.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R., (1987). Aspects of the biology of Hoplostethus atlanticus and H. mediterraneus (Pisces; Berycomorphi) from the slopes of the Rockall Trough and the Porcupine Sea Bight (northeastern Atlantic). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 67, 119 133.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R., (1987). Deep-sea bottom living fishes at two repeat stations at 2200 and 2900 m in the Rockall Trough, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 96, 309 325.

Vas, P. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1988) Trace metal concentrations in the Scyliorhinid shark Galeus melastomus from the Rockall Trough. Marine Pollution Bulletin 19, 396 398.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R.,(1989) A note on the distribution and diet of deep-water rays (Rajidae) in an area of the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 69, 655 658.

Bonwick, G.A., Vas, P., Fielden, P.R. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1990). Metallothioneine-like proteins in the livers of squaloid and carcharhinid sharks. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 21, 567 570.

Merrett, N.R., Gordon, J.D.M., Stehmann, M. and Haedrich, R.L., (1991). Deep demersal fish assemblage structure in the Porcupine Sea Bight (eastern North Atlantic): slope sampling by three different trawls compared. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 71, 329-358.

Merrett, N.R., Haedrich, R.L., Gordon, J.D.M. and Stehmann, M., (1991). Deep demersal fish assemblage structure in the Porcupine Sea Bight (eastern North Atlantic): results of single warp trawling at lower slope to abyssal soundings. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 71, 359-373.

Mauchline, J and Gordon, J.D.M., (1991). Oceanic pelagic prey of benthopelagic fish in the benthic boundary layer of a marginal oceanic region. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 74, 109-115.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Bergstad, O A., (1992). Species composition of demersal fish in the Rockall Trough, North-eastern Atlantic, as determined by different trawls. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , 72, 213-230.

Bergstad, O.A. and Gordon, J.D.M. (1993). First record of Atlantic Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.) larvae from the Skagerrak. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 50, 231-232.

Vas, P. and Gordon, J.D.M. (1993). Trace metals in deep-sea sharks from the Rockall Trough. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26, 400-402.

Vas, P., Gordon, J.D.M., Fielden, P.R. and Overnell, J. (1993). The trace metal ecology of ichthyofauna in the Rockall Trough, north-eastern Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26, 607-612.

Bergstad, O.A. and Gordon, J.D.M  (1994)  Deep-water ichthyoplankton of the Skagerrak with special reference to Coryphaenoides rupestris GUNNERUS, 1765 (Pisces, Macrouridae) and Argentina silus (ASCANIUS, 1775) (Pisces, Argentinidae). Sarsia, 79, 33-43.

Mauchline, J., Bergstad, O. A., Gordon, J.D.M. and Brattegard, T. (1994) The food of juvenile Coryphaenoides rupestris, 1795 (Pisces, Macrouridae) in the Skagerrak. Sarsia 79, 163-164

Gage, J.D. and Gordon, J.D.M. (1995) Sound bites, science and the Brent Spar: Environmental considerations relevant to the deep-sea disposal option. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 30, 772-779

Gordon, J.D.M. and Mauchline, J. (1996) The distribution and diet of the dominant, benthopelagic, slope-dwelling eel, Synaphobranchus kaupi, of the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76, 493-503

Gordon, J.D.M,  Merrett, N.R., Bergstad, O.A and Swan, S.C. (1996) A comparison of the deep-water demersal fish assemblages of the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight, eastern North Atlantic: continental slope to rise. Journal of Fish Biology, 49 (Supplement A), 217-238.

Gordon, J.D.M and Swan, S.C. (1996) Age validation of juvenile roundnose grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris, a deep-water macrourid fish.  Journal of Fish Biology, 49 (Supplement A), 289-297.

Coggan, R.A, Gordon, J.D.M. and Merrett, N.R. (1998) Abundance, distribution, reproduction and diet of notacanthid fishes from the north-east Atlantic.  Journal of Fish Biology, 52, 1038- 1057.

Coggan, R.A., Gordon, J.D.M. and Merrett, N.R.. (1999)  Aspects of the biology of  Nezumia aequalis from the continental slope west of the British Isles. Journal of Fish Biology, 54, 152-170

Bergstad, O.A., Bjelland, O. and Gordon, J.D.M. (1999) Fish Communities on the slope of the eastern Norwegian sea. Sarsia, 84, 67-78

Koslow, J.A, Boehlert, G.W, Gordon, J.D.M., Haedrich, R.L., Lorance, P. and Parin, N (2000)  Continental slope and deep-sea fisheries: implications for a fragile ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57, 548-557.

Gordon, J.D.M (2001) Deep-water fish and fisheries: Introduction.  Fisheries Research, 51, 105-112

Swan, S.C. and Gordon, J.D.M. (2001) A review of age estimation in macrourid fishes with new data on age validation of juveniles. Fisheries Research, 51, 177-196

Gordon, J.D.M (2001) Deep-water fisheries at the Atlantic frontier. Continental Shelf Research. 21: 987-1003

Gordon, J.D.M. (2001) Deep sea fishes. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe and K Turekian (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press, pp 687-693

Gordon, J.D.M. (2001)  Open Ocean fisheries for Deep-water species. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe and K Turekian (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press, pp 2023-2030

Gordon, J.D.M., Bergstad, O.A. and Pascoe, P.L. (2002) The influence of artificial light on the capture of deep-water demersal fish by bottom trawling. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 82, 339-344

Morales-Nin, B., Canha, Â, Casas, M., Figuereido, I., Gordo, L.S., Gordon, J.D.M., Gouveia, E., Piñeiro, C.G., Reis, S., Reis, A., Swan, S.C. (2002) Intercalibration of age readings of deepwater black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo (Lowe, 1839). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59, 352-364.

Wright, P.J., Woodroffe, D.A., Gibb, F.M. and Gordon, J. D. M. (2002) Verification of first annulus formation in the illicia and otoliths of white anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, using otolith microstructure. ICES Journal for Marine Science, 59, 587-593.

Woodroffe, D.A., Wright, P. J. and Gordon, J. D. M. (2003)  Verification of annual increment formation in the white anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius using the illicia and sagitta otoliths. Fisheries Research 60, 345-356

Gordon, J.D.M., 2003 The Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic: the cradle of deep-sea biological oceanography that is now being subjected to unsustainable fishing activity. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science. 31: 57-83.

Gordon, J.D.M., O.A. Bergstad, I. Figueiredo, G. Menezes, 2003 The deep-water fisheries of the Northeast Atlantic: I Description and current trends. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science. 31: 137-150.

Large, P.A., C. Hammer, O.A. Bergstad, J.D.M. Gordon, P. Lorance, 2003 Deep-water fisheries of the Northeast Atlantic: II Assessment and management approaches. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science. 31: 151-163.

Swan SC, Gordon JDM and Shimmield T (2003). Preliminary investigations on the uses of otolith microchemistry for stock discrimination of the deep-water black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) in the North East Atlantic. Journal of Northwestern Atlantic Fisheries Science, 31, 221-231

Swan, S. C.; Gordon, J. D. M.; Morales-Nin, B.; Shimmield, T.; Sawyer, T.; Geffen, A. J. (2003) Otolith microchemistry of Nezumia aequalis (Pisces: Macrouridae) from widely different habitats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 83, 883-886

Swan, S. C., Wright, P. J., Woodroffe, D.A., Gordon, J. D. M. and Shimmield, T. (2004) Evidence for geographical isolation of the early life stages of the white anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, based on otolith microchemistry. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.. 84, 827- 830.

Massutí, E., Gordon, J. D. M., Moranta, J., Swan, S. C., Stefanescu, C. and Merrett, N. R. (2004) Mediterranean and Atlantic deep-sea fish assemblages: differences in biomass composition and size-related structure. Scientia Marina 68 (Suppl. 3) 101-115

Morales-Nin, B., Swan, S. C., Gordon, J. D. M., Palmer, M., Geffen, A. J., Shimmield, T. and Sawyer, T. (2005)  Age-related trends in otolith chemistry of Merluccius merluccius from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea. Marine and Freshwater Research, 56, 1–9.

Swan SC, Geffen AJ, Morales-Nin B, Gordon JDM, Shimmield T, Sawyer T and Massutí E. (2006)  Otolith chemistry: an aid to stock separation of Helicolenus dactylopterus (bluemouth) and Merluccius merluccius (European hake) in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63, 504-513.

Swan SC, Geffen AJ, Gordon JDM, Morales-Nin B and Shimmield T.(2006) Effects of handling and storage methods on the concentrations of elements in deep-water fish otoliths. Journal of Fish Biology 68, 891-904.

Moranta, J., Massutí,, E. Palmer, M. and Gordon J. D.M. (2007) Geographic and bathymetric trends in abundance, biomass and body size of four grenadier fishes along the Iberian coast in the western Mediterranean. Progress in Oceanography, 72, 63-83

Clark, M.R., Vinnichenko, V.I., Gordon, J.D.M., Beck-Bulat, G.Z., Kukharev, N.N. and Kakora, A.F. (2007)    Large-scale Distant-water Trawl Fisheries on Seamounts. Chapter 17.  In Pitcher, T.J., Morato, T., Hart, P.J.B., Clark, M.R., Haggan, N. and Santos, R.S. (eds) Seamounts: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK. (in press).

Lorance P., Bergstad O.A., Large P.A. and Gordon J.D.M. (in press)  Grenadiers in the North-east Atlantic - distribution, biology, fisheries and their impacts, and developments in stock assessment and management. American Fisheries Society Book on Grenadiers of the World Oceans.

Refereed (Non-SCI listed)

Ross, L.G. and Gordon, J.D.M., (1978). Guanine and permeability in swimbladders of slope-dwelling fish. In: McLusky, D.S. and Berry, A.J. (eds) Physiology and Behaviour of Marine Organisms, Proceedings of the 12th European Symposium on Marine Biology, pp. 113 121 .Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1979). Life style and phenology in deep sea anacanthine teleosts. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, 44, 327 356.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1979). Seasonal reproduction in deep sea fish. In: Naylor,E. and Hartnoll, R.G. (eds.): Cyclic Phenomenon in Marine Plants and Animals. Proceedings of the 13th Eurupean Symposium on Marine Biology, Oxford; Pergamon Press, pp. 223 229. (7pp)

Gordon, J.D.M. and De Silva, S.S.,(1980). The fish populations of the west of Scotland shelf. Part 1. Oceanography and Marine Biology: Annual Review, 18, 317 366.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1981). The fish populations of the west of Scotland shelf  Part 2. Oceanography and Marine Biology: Annual Review, 19, 405 441.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1986). The fish populations of the Rockall Trough. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 88B, 191 204.

Mauchline, J., Ellett, D.J., Gage, J.D., Gordon, J.D.M. and Jones, E.S.W., (1986). A bibliography of the Rockall Trough. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 88B, 319 354.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Mauchline, J.,(1990). Depth-related trends in the diet of a deep-sea bottom-living fish assemblage of the Rockall Trough. In: Barnes, M. and Gibson, R.N., Trophic Relationships in the Marine Environment, Proceedings of the 24th European Marine Biological Symposium, 1990, pp 439 452, Aberdeen University Press.

Gordon, J.D.M. (1992) The benthic fishes of the Faroe Islands. (Abstract) Årbok 1991-92 Nordurlandahusid i Foroyum. pg 90.

Gordon, J.D.M., Merrett, N.R. and Haedrich, R.L. (1995) Environmental and biological aspects of slope-dwelling fishes of the North Atlantic Slope.  In: A.G. Hopper (Ed.) Deep-water Fisheries of the North Atlantic Oceanic Slope, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 1-26.

Gordon, J.D.M.(1999) Management considerations of deep-water shark fisheries. In: Shotton, R. Case studies of the management of elasmobranch fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No378, pp 774 – 818.

Gordon, J.D.M.  (1999).  Deep water as the third dimension. In: 16a semana das pescas dos Acores.  Secretaria Regional da Agricultura, Pescas e Ambiente, Direccao Regional das Pescas, Acores., pp. 111-128.

Gordon, J.D.M. (2001) Deep-water fish and fisheries. In: Thiel, H. and J.A. Koslow (Eds.). 2001. Managing risks to biodiversity and environment on the high sea, including tools such as marine protected areas – scientific requirements and legal aspects-. Proceedings of the expert workshop held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 27 February – 4 March. BfN–Skripten , 43, Bonn Germany: 31-37 pp

Basson, M., Gordon, J.D.M., Large, P., Lorance, P., Pope, J and Rackham, B. (2002)   The effects of fishing on deep-water fish species to the west of Britain. JNCC Report No 324 150 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. (2005) Aspects of the ecology of the deep-water demersal fish assemblages of the western European margin. In: BIOFAR Proceedings 2005, BIOFAR Symposium, Tórshavn 24-26 April 2003. Annales Societatis Scientificarum Færoensis Supplementum XXXXI, 248-249.

Gordon, J. D. M. (2005) Environmental and biological aspects of deepwater demersal fishes. In: Shotton, R.. (Ed) Deep Sea 2003: Conference on the Governance and Management of Deep-sea Fisheries. Part 1: Conference reports. Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-5 December 2003. FAO Fisheries Proceedings. No3/1. Rome, FAO. 2005. pp 70-88

Gordon, J. D. M. (2006) Biological parameters of deepwater fishes. In: Shotton, R.. (Ed) Deep Sea 2003: Conference on the Governance and Management of Deep-sea Fisheries. Part 2: Conference poster papers and workshop papers. Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-5 December 2003 and Dunedin, New Zealand, 27-29 November 2003. FAO Fisheries Proceedings. No3/2. Rome, FAO. 2005. pp 175-177.

Gordon, J.D.M. Conservation aspects of deep-water fishing in the Northeastern Atlantic, within EEZs and on the high seas.  Proceedings of 4th World Fishing Congress (in press)

Non-refereed

Gordon, J.D.M., (1978). Some notes on the biology of the roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris to the west of Scotland. I.C.E.S. C.M.1978/G:40.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1979). The depth distribution of the roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus) on the west of Scotland slope. Annales biologique,Copenhagen, 34, 225 226.

Gordon, J.D.M.,(1990). The fish populations of Scottish sea lochs with particular reference to those of the Firth of Lorne area. Glasgow Naturalist, 21, 561 575.

Bergstad, O.A, Gordon, J.D.M. and Dalen, J. (1992) Acoustic survey of deep-water fish (Coryphaenoides rupestris and Argentina silus) of the Skagerrak. ICES C.M. 1992/H:15, 4pp.

Gordon, J.D.M., Swan, S.C., Kelly, C.J. and Hareide, N-R. (1995) Age determination of juvenile roundnose grenadier , Coryphaenoides rupestris, a deep-water macrourid fish: a preliminary report. ICES CM 1995/G:6, 6pp

Connolly, P.L., Kelly, C.J., Gordon, J.D.M. and Bergstad, O.A. (1995) Inventory of otolith collections and ageing work on north east Atlantic deep water fish species. Fishery Leaflet No. 165, Dublin, 16pp.

Salvanes, A.G.V, Bergstad, O.A., Gordon, J.D.M., Kristofferesen, J.B., Lewis, J.L., Stockley, B.M., Thorkildsen, S. and Ullebust, H. (1995) Ecological investigations of the mesopelagic and deep-water, demersal fishes at the continental margin of the southeastern Norwegian Sea and the mesopelagic fishes of Herdlefjorden and Storfjorden. Institutt for Fiskeri-og Marinbiologi Rapport, Universitetet i Bergen, 9, 14 pp + Appendices.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Swan, S.C. (1997) The distribution and abundance of deep-water sharks on the continental slope to the west of the British Isles. ICES CM 1997/BB:11, 23 pp.

Coggan, R., Gordon, J.D.M. and Merrett, N.R. (1997) Notacanthid fishes of the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight, west of the British Isles, a preliminary report. ICES CM 1997/BB12, 16 pp.

Coggan, R.A., Gordon, J. D.M. and Merrett, N. R., (1998). Reproduction, age and growth in the grenadier Nezumia aequalis  (Gunther, 1878) (Pisces: Macrouridae), a by-catch species of deep- water fisheries to the west of the British Isles.  ICES CM  1998/O:33, 8pp.

Gordon, J D M, (1998).  Deep-water fish and fisheries in the northeastern Atlantic and  Mediterranean: an overview of the EC FAIR Deep Fisheries Project.   ICES CM 1998/O:18, 14pp

Gordon, J.D.M (1998) Radiometric ageing. In: P.J. Wright (Ed.)The present status of otolith research and applications. EFAN Report 1-98, 22-31.

Wright,P.J., Geffen, A.J., Gordon, J., Morales-Nin, B., Palomeres, J.I. and Rebelo, J. (1998) Interpreting otolith microstructure. In: P.J. Wright (Ed.)  Otolith preparation and analysis. EFAN Report 2-98, 23-36.

Periera, P.M.F, Gordon, J.D.M., Black, K.D. and McFeat, G (1998) A review of research on artificial baits for creeling. 28 pp (Confidential)

Gordon J. D. M., (1999). Developing deep-water fisheries: toward an understanding of their ecological impacts. ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report No.5, 7-9.

Gordon, J.D.M (2000) Rockall Plateau now in International Waters – the fleets move in. Scottish Association for Marine Science Newsletter, No 22, October 2000, pg 22

Gordon, J.D.M and Crozier, P. (2000) Fishing moves to deeper waters. Scottish Association for Marine Science Newsletter, No 22, October 2000, pg 23

Gordo, L.S., Carvalho,D.S.  Figueiredo, I., Machado, P.B., Newton, A. and Gordon, J. (2000).Escala de maturação sexual do peixe-espada preto. Uma Abordagem macro e microscópia. (The sexual Maturity scale of black scabbardfish. A macro and microscopic approach.) Celta Editora:36 pp.


Gordon, J.D.M. (2001) The Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic: an account of the change from one of the best studied deep-water ecosystems to one that is being subjected to unsustainable fishing activity. NAFO SCR DOC., 01/101 Serial No. N4489, 30pp.

Gordon, J.D.M., Bergstad, O.A., Figueiredo, I. and Menezes, G.  (2001) The deep-water fisheries of the ICES area. NAFO SCR DOC., 01/92 Serial No. N4480, 16 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M., Swan, S.C., Geffen, A. and Morales-Nin, B. (2001) Otolith microchemistry as a means of identifying stocks of deep-water demersal fishes (OTOMIC). NAFO SCR DOC., 01/100, Serial No. N4488: 10 pp.

Large, P.A., Hammer, C., Bergstad, O.A., Gordon, J.D.M. and Lorance, P. (2001) Options for te assessment and management of deep-water species in the ICES area. NAFO SCR DOC., 01/93: 16 pp.

Swan SC, Gordon JDM and Shimmield T (2001). Preliminary investigations on the uses of otolith microchemistry for stock discrimination of the deep-water black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) in the North East Atlantic. NAFO SCR Doc. 01/94 Serial No. N4482.

Bergstad, O. A., Gordon, J.D.M. and Large, P.(2001) Is time running out for deep-sea fish? ICES CIEM Newsletter, Issue No. 38, December 2001, 18-19.

Trenkel, V. M., Bailly, N., Berthelé, O., Brosseau, O., Causse, R., de Corbière, F., Dugornay, O., Ferrant, A., Gordon, J. D. M., Latrouite, D., Le Piver, D., Kergoat, B., Lorance, P., Mahévas, S., Mesnil, B., Poulard, J. -C., Rochet, M. -J., Tracey, D., Vacherot, J. -P., Veron, G., Zibrowius, H. (2002) First results of a quantitative study of deep-sea fish on the continental slope of the Bay of Biscay: visual observations and trawling. ICES C.M.2002/L:18, 1-15

Gordon, J. (2003) Fish in deep water.  Scottish Association for Marine Science Newsletter, No 27, 6-7.

Swan, S., Gordon, J. and Shimmield, T. (2003) Deep-water fish reveal more than their age. Scottish Association for Marine Science Newsletter, No 27, pg 12.

Moranta, J., Gordon, J.D.M., Massutí, E, Swan, S. C., Stefanescu, C., Morales-Nin, B. and Merrett, N. R. (2003)  Differences in biomass composition and size-related structure between Mediterranean and Atlantic deep-sea fish assemblages. CIESM Workshop Monographs, 23, 35-41

Edited works

Gordon, J.D.M (Ed.) (2001) Deep-water fish and fisheries. A selection of papers presented at the ICES Annual Science Conference in Lisbon, Portugal 16-18 September 1998. Fisheries Research, 51, 105-412

Moore, J. A. and Gordon, J. D. M. (Co-editors) (2003)  Symposium on Deep-sea Fisheries. NAFO/ICES/CSIRO Symposium 12-14 September 2001. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, Volume 31.

Gibson, R. N, Atkinson, and Gordon, J.D.M (eds.) (2004) Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review. 42, 432 pp


Gibson, R. N, Atkinson, and Gordon, J.D.M (eds.) (2005) Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review. 43,

Gibson, R. N, Atkinson, and Gordon, J.D.M (eds.) (2005) Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review. 44,

SAMS Internal Reports

Gordon, J.D.M.,(1980). Records of blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou Risso) from bottom trawls in the Rockall Channel. Annales biologique,Copenhagen., 35, 161 163.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1983). The deep-sea demersal fish collected by RRS Challenger in the Rockall Trough: station position and catch data for the years 1973 1982. SMBA Internal Report No. 89, 63 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1983). A survey of the fish stocks of the west of Scotland sea lochs and adjacent inshore waters using a bottom trawl. 1. Introduction and Loch Spelve. SMBA Internal Report No.90, 21 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1983). A survey of the fish stocks of the west of Scotland sea lochs and adjacent inshore waters using a bottom trawl. 2. Loch Etive: Airds Bay and upper basin. SMBA Internal Report No.100, 39pp.

Gordon, J.D.M., (1984). Sampling the deep-sea demersal fish of the Rockall Trough. Porcupine Newsletter, 2 (10), pg.270.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1984). A survey of the fish stocks of the west of Scotland sea lochs and adjacent inshore waters using a bottom trawl. 3. The Firth of Lorne. SMBA Internal Report No.105, 54 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1984). A survey of the fish stocks of the west of Scotland sea lochs and adjacent inshore waters using a bottom trawl. 4. Loch Linnhe. SMBA Internal Report No.115, 46 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1984). A survey of the fish stocks of the west of Scotland sea lochs and adjacent inshore waters using a bottom trawl. 5. Loch Sunart and Bloody Bay. SMBA Internal Report No.116, 40pp.

Gordon, J.D.M., Mauchline, J. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1986). Aspects of the biology of the synaphobranchid eels from the Rockall Trough (1973 1985) and catch data from Granton trawls in the Porcupine Sea Bight. SMBA Internal Report No.133, 49pp

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1987). The deep-sea demersal fish collected by RRS Challenger in the Rockall Trough: station position and catch data for the years 1983 1985. SMBA Internal Report No. 143, 69 pp.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Duncan, J.A.R. (1987). The deep-sea demersal fish collected by Granton trawls of RRS Challenger in the Porcupine Sea Bight: station position and catch data for the years 1978 1983. SMBA Internal Report No. 145, 44 pp.

Contract Reports

Gordon, J.D.M., (1992) Fish Populations. In: West of Shetlands Frontier Tranches 4-8. Pre-licence Environmental Assessment. Mobil North Sea Limited, pp 4.1 - 4.21 (21 pp)

Gordon, J.D.M. and Swan, S.C. (1993) Biological parameters of deep-water fish species. Report to the Commission of the European Communities, DG XIV/C/1, 1992/10, 122 pp + appendices.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Hunter, J.E. (1994)  Study of the deep-water fish stocks to the west of Scotland. Volume 1. Final report April 1994. Report presented to Highlands and Islands Enterprise and other sponsors. 182 pp

Gordon, J.D.M. and Hunter, J.E. (1994)  Study of the deep-water fish stocks to the west of Scotland. Volume 2. Appendices April 1994. Report presented to Highlands and Islands Enterprise and other sponsors. 189 pp

Gordon, J.D.M. (1997) A desk study for Highlands and Islands Enterprise on deep-water shrimps in the waters to the west of the British Isles. 27 pages + Figs.

Gordon, J.D.M. and Swan, S.C.  (1997) Final Report of EC DGXIV/C1 Contract 94/017 Deep-water demersal fishes: data for assessment and biological analysis.

Gordon, J.D.M. (Editor) (1999) EC FAIR 95/655Developing deep-water fisheries: data for their assessment and for understanding their interaction with and impact on a fragile environment. Consolidated Final Report 1086 pp + Appendices.

Gordon J.D.M. (co-ordinator) (2001) Distribution and biology of anglerfish and megrim in waters to the west of Scotland. Final Report of EC DGXIV Study Contract 98/096
Gordon J.D.M. (co-ordinator) (2002). Otolith microchemistry as a means of identifying stocks of deep-water demersal fishes (OTOMIC).Final Report. EC FAIR Contract 98/4365.k

Gordon, J. D. M. (2003) Fish and fisheries in the SEA4 area Report to the Department of Trade and Industry, 97 pp (Available for download on www.offshore-sea.org.uk/sea/dev/html_file/pdf2.cgi/SEA4_TR_fish_sams.pdf

Gordon, J. D. M (2006) Fish & Fisheries in the SEA7 Area. Report to the
Department of Trade and Industry 68 pp + Tables and figures. (http://www.offshore-sea.org.uk/consultations/SEA_7/SEA7_Fish_SRSL.pdf)