Size matters: How single-species management can contribute to ecosystem-based fisheries management

Fisheries Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 231-241

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Stern Pirlot, Amanda ^a   Winker, Henning ^b   Gascuel, Didier ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea fisheries; Biomass per recruit; Ecosystem based fisheries management; Maximum sustainable yield; North Sea fisheries; Single species management; Size based management; Yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 46549087756     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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