A biologically-based movement model for plaice in the North Sea

Hunter, Ewan (2006) A biologically-based movement model for plaice in the North Sea. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

In spite of increasing evidence of complex population structure and varying rates ofexchange of commercially exploited marine fish stocks between different management areas,the stock assessment methods currently used by ICES to advise on total allowable catches (TACs) and technical conservation measures still take only limited account of seasonal mi-grations and movements. As an example, plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L., is currently man-aged as a single stock in the North Sea. However a combined experimental approach usingconventional tagging data, and the release of hundreds of plaice tagged with electronic datastorage tags, have allowed the identification of population substructure and the characterisa-tion of annual migration routes and spawning areas. More recently, otolith microchemistryhas been used to determine the contribution of larvae from different spawning areas to dif-ferent nursery grounds, and the input from the nursery grounds to the adult population sub-units. Here a biologically-based population movement simulation model is presented whichutilizes data from each of these sources. The effects of a range of area and seasonal closureswere tested in terms of reduction in overall fishing mortality. Results from this study illus-trate the value of high-quality biological data to improve current advice on biologically andtechnically interacting fish stocks and fisheries.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Additional Information:	Abstract in: "Abstracts of Oral Papers not published in the Supplement"
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2016 09:00
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 07:20
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/58228
DOI:	10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.1284_1.x

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