Recreational angling intensity correlates with alteration of vulnerability to fishing in a carnivorous coastal fish species

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-225

  Alós, Josep ^a   Palmer, Miquel ^a   Trías, Pedro ^a   Díaz Gil, Carlos ^a   Arlinghaus, Robert ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHING; LEARNING; MARICULTURE; PERCIFORM; VULNERABILITY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; PISCES; SERRANUS SCRIBA;

EID: 84961290914     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0183     Document Type: Article

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