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Collapse and recovery of the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) fishery on Georges Bank
Stone, H.H.; Gavaris, S.; Legault, C.M.; Neilson, J.D.; Cadrin, S.X. (2004). Collapse and recovery of the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) fishery on Georges Bank. J. Sea Res. 51(3-4): 261-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2003.08.004
In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414
Also appears in:
Geffen, A.J.; Nash, R.D.M.; van der Veer, H.W. (Ed.) (2004). Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology, Part II. Port Erin, Isle of Man, 3-7 November 2002. Journal of Sea Research, 51(3-4). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 167-338 pp., more
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Keywords
    Collapse
    Collapse
    Fishery
    Management > Resource management > Fishery management
    Recovery
    Stock assessment
    Stocks
    Symptoms > Collapse
    Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839) [WoRMS]
    ANW, Georges Bank [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    yellowtail flounder; Georges Bank; fishery; management; collapse;recovery; closed area
Authors  Top 
  • Stone, H.H.
  • Gavaris, S.
  • Legault, C.M.
  • Neilson, J.D.
  • Cadrin, S.X.
Abstract
    Stock biomass of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on Georges Bank was depleted by over-fishing from the 1970s to the mid-1990s, but fishery restrictions have effectively increased survival, and with recent strong recruitment, biomass is rebuilding to historic levels. The decline, collapse and recovery of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder is illustrated by past and present spatial distribution and abundance data from groundfish surveys and trends in exploitation, recruitment, biomass and age composition from recent stock assessments. Evidence for the dominant influence of exploitation on the decline and reduced abundance of this stock and the effectiveness of the current management strategy towards stock rebuilding is illustrated through deterministic simulations and yield per recruit analyses.
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