Fishing management scenarios to rebuild exploited resources and ecosystems of the Northern-Central Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 102-104, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-51

  Fouzai, Nadia ^a   Coll, Marta ^a,b   Palomera, Isabel ^a,b   Santojanni, Alberto ^c   Arneri, Enrico ^c,d   Christensen, Villy ^b,e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Ecopath International Initiative Association   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecospace; Fisheries management; Marine protected areas (MPA); Northern Central Adriatic Sea; Trophic models

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSPACE; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECOVERY;

FISHERIES;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TRAWLING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84861979913     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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