Managing a complex population structure: Exploring the importance of information from fisheries-independent sources

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 528-542

  Hintzen, N T ^a   Roel, B ^b   Benden, D ^a   Clarke, M ^c   Egan, A ^c   Nash, R D M ^d   Rohlf, N ^e   Hatfield, E M C ^f  

^a Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^f MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Herring; British Isles; classification; Clupea harengus; FLR; management strategy evaluation; mixing; scientific survey; stock structure.

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUPEOID; DATA SET; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84910677600     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu102     Document Type: Article

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