Depleted marine fish stocks and ecosystem-based management: On the road to recovery, we need to be precautionary

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-220

  Gårdmark, Anna ^a   Nielsen, Anders ^b   Floeter, Jens ^c   Möllmann, Christian ^c  

^a Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advice; Assessment; Baltic sea; Cod; Ecosystem indicator; Ecosystem based; Fisheries management; Stock recovery; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID FISHERY; MARINE RESOURCE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS CALLARIAS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 79952000250     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq158     Document Type: Review

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