Size matters: Short term loss and long term gain in a size-selective fishery

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 903-906

  Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a   Hjelm, Joakim ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Havs och vattenmyndigheten ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eastern Baltic cod; Optimal length; Optimal selectivity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; MARINE RESOURCE; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

GADUS CALLARIAS;

EID: 84857385204     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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