A critique of the balanced harvesting approach to fishing

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1640-1650

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Walters, Carl ^b   Pauly, Daniel ^b   Winker, Henning ^c,d   Weyl, Olaf L F ^e   Demirel, Nazli ^f   Tsikliras, Athanassios C ^g   Holt, Sidney J ^h  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h Independent Scientist ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Balanced harvesting; Ecosystem based fisheries management; Population dynamics theory; Selectivity; Size at first capture; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FISHERY; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING; FISHING MORTALITY; GEAR SELECTIVITY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE AT MATURITY;

EID: 84978946142     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv122     Document Type: Article

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