Protecting old fish through spatial management: Is there a benefit for sustainable exploitation?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 853-863

  Edwards, Charles T T ^a,b   Plagányi, Éva E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structured population model; Hake; Marine protected area; Merluccius paradoxus; Simulation; South African fisheries; Spatial management

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BYCATCH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TRAWLING;

MERLUCCIUS PARADOXUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 79959847764     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01961.x     Document Type: Article

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