Closer to reality: Reconstructing total removals in mixed fisheries from Southern Europe

Fisheries Research

Volumn 154, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-194

  Coll, M ^a,b   Carreras, M ^c   Cornax, M J ^c   Massuti E ^d   Morote, E ^e   Pastor, X ^c   Quetglas, A ^d   Saez R ^a   Silva, L ^f   Sobrino, I ^f   Torres, M A ^f   Tudela, S ^g   Harper, S ^h   Zeller, D ^h   Pauly, D ^h  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c OCEANA   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^f Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz   (Spain)

^g WWF Mediterranean Programme Office   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch reconstruction; Discards; Ecosystem change; Fisheries catch; Gulf of Cadiz; IUU; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896115787     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.01.013     Document Type: Review

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