Shifting baselines in European fisheries: The case of the Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-21

  Guénette, Sylvie ^a   Gascuel, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; BAY OF BISCAY; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS; FISHING GROUND; OVEREXPLOITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FISH; LANDING;

FISHERIES;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMERSAL FISH; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CELTIC SEA; EUROPE;

EID: 84870236073     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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