Discarded fish in European waters: General patterns and contrasts

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1235-1245

  Uhlmann, Sebastian S ^a   Van Helmond, Aloysius T M ^a   Kemp Stefánsdóttir, Elísabet ^b   Siguroardóttir, Sigríour ^b   Haralabous, John ^c   Bellido, Jose Maria ^d   Carbonell, A ^d   Catchpole, Tom ^e   Damalas, Dimitrios ^f   Fauconnet, Laurence ^g   Feekings, Jordan ^h   Garcia, Teresa ^d   Madsen, Niels ^h   Mallold, Sandra ^d   Margeirsson, Sveinn ^b   Palialexis, Andreas ^c   Readdy, Lisa ^e   Valeiras, Julio ^d   Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki ^c   Rochet, Marie Joëlle ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g IFREMER   (France)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bycatch; Common Fisheries Policy reform; Data Collection Framework; discard reduction; Europe; monitoring

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCHABILITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA ACQUISITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84903209686     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst030     Document Type: Article

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