Adverse consequences of stock recovery: European hake, a new "choke" species under a discard ban?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 563-575

  Baudron, Alan R ^a   Fernandes, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choke species; European hake; Fish stock recovery; Fisheries management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; QUOTA SYSTEM; RANGE EXPANSION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84944513398     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12079     Document Type: Article

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