Modelling recruitment and abundance of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, in the eastern Skagerrak-Kattegat (North Sea): Evidence of severe depletion due to a prolonged period of high fishing pressure

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-282

  Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a   Svedäng, Henrik ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Cod; Fishing pressure; GAM; Overfishing; Recruitment; Skagarrak Kattegat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GADOID; MODELING; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT; STOCHASTICITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK;

GADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 4544361102     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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