Squaring the circle: Reconciling fishing and conservation of aquatic ecosystems

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-174

  Law, Richard ^a   Kolding, Jeppe ^b   Plank, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Balanced harvesting; Fishing induced instability; Maximum sustainable yield; Power law size structure; Resilience; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923084148     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12056     Document Type: Article

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