Research surveys conducted in 1986/87, 1990/91, and January 1994 clearly showed that young cod leave the shallow waters by the end of November but it appears that most of these fish stay in the deep water at the edge of the Laurentian Channel extending in an area from near the Magdalen Islands to just inside of Sydney Bight.
Croissance D'apres les echantillons recueillis au cours des releves du bateau de recherche, de 1986 a 1989, la morue du sud du Golfe est bien plus petite, selon I'age, que celie qui est capturee dans la baie Sydney (figure 9).