The unfulfilled potential of fisheries selectivity to promote sustainability

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 399-416

  Vasilakopoulos, Paraskevas ^a   O'Neill, Finbarr G ^b   Marshall, C Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MSY; Age at selection; CFP reform; Exploitation pattern; NE Atlantic fisheries; Simulation analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; EXPLOITATION; JUVENILE; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE SELECTION; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EUROPE;

EID: 84929492213     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12117     Document Type: Article

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