A Spatiotemporal Model of Condition to Derive a Novel Starvation Mortality Index That Improves a State-space Stock Assessment Model for Atlantic Cod on the Southern Grand Bank of Newfoundland Madhura Weerasekera, Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research (CFER), Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland The Atlantic cod stock on the Southern Grand Bank (SGB) of Newfoundland collapsed in the early 1990's coincident with the collapse of cod stocks across Canadian waters. Consequently, a fishing moratorium has been in place…