Is age structure a relevant criterion for the health of fish stocks?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-283

  Brunel, Thomas ^a   Piet, Gerjan J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age (size) composition; Egg production; Fish stock resilience; Fishery management; North Sea; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPAWNING POPULATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; PLEURONECTES;

EID: 84875708238     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss184     Document Type: Article

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