Ranching of wild cod in 'herds' formed with anthropogenic feeding

Aquaculture

Volumn 312, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Björnsson, Björn ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cod; Fidelity; Growth rate; Sea ranching; Stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOMASS; CAGE CULTURE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHING; FJORD; GADOID FISHERY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RANCHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ICELAND;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 79651471083     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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