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The Value of Catch-Statistics-Based Management Techniques for Heavily Fished Pelagic Stocks with Special Reference to the Recent Decline of the Southwest African Pilchard Stock

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The relatively short life-span of pelagic species, coupled with substantial year-class size fluctuations, makes it unlikely that management on the basis of models hypothesising a steady-state situation will prove adequate. Harvesting in excess of very conservative levels of exploitation necessitates monitoring of the current biomass of the stock.

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Butterworth, D.S. (1981). The Value of Catch-Statistics-Based Management Techniques for Heavily Fished Pelagic Stocks with Special Reference to the Recent Decline of the Southwest African Pilchard Stock. In: Haley, K.B. (eds) Applied Operations Research in Fishing. Nato Conference Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3222-0_32

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