The dangers of ignoring stock complexity in fishery management: The case of the North Sea cod

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 693-695

  Hutchinson, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Extirpation; Fisheries management; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM; EGG PRODUCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETICS; HAZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; SPECIES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 58149214118     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0443     Document Type: Note

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