Sustainable management of mixed demersal fisheries in the North Sea through fleet-based management - A proposal from a biological perspective

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 652-660

  Rätz, Hans Joachim ^a   Bethke, Eckhard ^a   Dörner, Hendrik ^b   Beare, Doug ^b   Gröger, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixed demersal fisheries; Multi annual fleet effort management; North Sea

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHING MORTALITY; FLATFISH; GADOID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK; WESTERN EUROPE;

MELANOGRAMMUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 35948968795     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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