Effects of commercial fishing and predation by cormorants on the Anguilla anguilla stock of a shallow eutrophic lake

Mortality of eels Anguilla anguilla in a large shallow lake in France due to predation by the cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo was found to be moderate when compared to fishery catches over a 9 year period. The results show that, contrary to previous extrapolations made at the pan‐European scale, P. ca...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: Carpentier, A., Marion, L., Paillisson, J.‐M., Acou, A., Feunteun, E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009
Subjects:
Anguilla anguilla
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02286.x
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Summary:Mortality of eels Anguilla anguilla in a large shallow lake in France due to predation by the cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo was found to be moderate when compared to fishery catches over a 9 year period. The results show that, contrary to previous extrapolations made at the pan‐European scale, P. carbo predation in shallow lakes is not invariably a major contributor to A. anguilla mortality, even in the presence of large colonies.

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