Minimizing the impact of fishing

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 785-802

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Winker, Henning ^b,c   Gascuel, Didier ^d   Sumaila, U Rashid ^e   Pauly, Daniel ^e  

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

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced harvesting, ecosystem based fisheries management; optimum size at first capture; population dynamics theory; yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CAPTURE METHOD; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; YIELD;

EID: 84981200959     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12146     Document Type: Article

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