Are spatial closures better than size limits for halting the decline of the North Sea thornback ray, Raja clavata?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 722-733

  Wiegand, Jessica ^a   Hunter, Ewan ^b   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

by catch; discard; elasmobranch; length restrictions; management strategy evaluation; marine reserve

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BYCATCH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISH; FISHERY MODELING; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ELASMOBRANCHII; PLEURONECTIFORMES; RAJA CLAVATA;

EID: 79959780950     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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