Management of Elasmobranch Fisheries in the North Atlantic

Advances in Fisheries Science: 50 years on from Beverton and Holt

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 184-228

  Ellis, Jim R ^a   Clarke, Maurice W ^b   Cortés, Enric ^c   Heessen, Henk J L ^d   Apostolaki, Panayiota ^a   Carlson, John K ^c   Kulka, Dave W ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessing and managing elasmobranchs; Biology of elasmobranch fish; Catch of deep water sharks; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Distribution, movements and habitat use; Elasmobranch fisheries in North Atlantic; Essential fish habitat (EFH); Fisheries management measures; North Atlantic elasmobranch fisheries' management; Recreational fisheries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889288271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302653.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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