Managing recreational fisheries through gear restrictions: The case of limiting hook size in the recreational fishery from the Balearic Islands (NW Mediterranean)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Cerdà, Margalida ^a   Alós, Josep ^b   Palmer, Miquel ^b   Grau, Antoni Maria ^a   Riera, Francisco ^a  

^a Govern de les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hook size selectivity; Management; Mediterranean Sea; Natural resources; Recreational angling

Indexed keywords

CORIS JULIS; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; PISCES; SERRANUS SCRIBA;

EID: 70849093524     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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