Sustainable exploitation of temperate fish stocks

Sparholt, Henrik and Cook, Robin M. (2010) Sustainable exploitation of temperate fish stocks. Biology Letters, 6 (1). pp. 124-127. ISSN 1744-9561 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0516)

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Abstract

The theory of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) underpins many fishery management regimes and is applied principally as a single species concept. Using a simple dynamic biomass production model we show that MSY can be identified from a long time series of multi-stock data at a regional scale in the presence of species interactions and environmental change. It suggests that MSY is robust and calculable in a multispecies environment, offering a realistic reference point for fishery management. Furthermore, the demonstration of the existence of MSY shows that it is more than a purely theoretical concept. There has been an improvement in the status of stocks in the Northeast Atlantic, but our analysis suggests further reductions in fishing effort would improve long-term yields.

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Sparholt, Henrik and Cook, Robin M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9604-0204;
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