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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2010

Consequences of Subpopulation Structure on Fisheries Management: Cod (Gadus morhua) in the Kattegat and Oresund (North Sea)

Svedäng, Henrik; Stål, J.; Sterner, T.; Cardinale, Massimiliano

Abstract

This study shows how cod subpopulations may have been eradicated as a consequence of the use of imperfect models for assessing stock assessment, depleting what was formerly a productive sea. The Kattegat and Oresund (North Sea) were chosen as study objects due to the combination of different exploitation patterns and the possible existence of separate stock units. The scenario was further elaborated by simulating the potential harvest of fishing for different long-run levels of fishing effort as well as stock size. The study clearly indicated that new policy instruments are needed but these instruments need to be carefully fine-tuned to take into account real biological as well as social factors.

Keywords

cod; eradication; management policy; natal homing; population structure

Published in

Reviews in Fisheries Science
2010, volume: 18, number: 2, pages: 139-150
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Authors' information

Svedäng, Henrik
Swedish Board of Fisheries
Stål, J.
University of Gothenburg
Sterner, T.
Swedish Board of Fisheries

UKÄ Subject classification

Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Ecology

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10641260903511420

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42030