A small-scale fishery near a rocky littoral marine reserve in the northwestern Mediterranean (Medes Islands) after two decades of fishing prohibition

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-618

  Martín, Paloma ^a   Maynou, Francesc ^a   Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^b   Sacanell, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marine reserve; M tier; Medes Islands; NW Mediterranean; Small scale fishery

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROCKY SHORE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS; PALINURIDAE; PALINURUS; PALINURUS ELEPHAS; REXEA SOLANDRI; SCORPAENA PORCUS; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; SOLEA SOLEA; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 84870379000     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03471.07F     Document Type: Article

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