Towards sustainable fisheries of the Öresund cod (Gadus morhua) through sub-stock-specific assessment and management recommendations

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1140-1150

  Lindegren, Martin ^a,b   Waldo, Staffan ^c   Nilsson, P Anders ^d   Svedäng, Henrik ^c   Persson, Anders ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; bio economics; fisheries management; population structuring; stock assessment; sub stock specific; technical regulations

Indexed keywords

AGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883236810     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst042     Document Type: Article

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