Growth, reproductive cycle, and movement of berried European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) in a local stock off southwestern Norway

The Norwegian fishery for the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) collapsed between 1960 and 1980, to,10 % of its pre-1960 level, and since then the spawning stock seems to be too low to generate good recruitment. In 1998, a project to evaluate the feasibility and effect of protecting berried female...

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Main Authors: Ann-lisbeth Agnalt, Tore S. Kristiansen, Knut E. Jørstad
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
egg production
European lobsters
growth
management
movement
reproduction
Fishing Ground
Norway
European lobster
Homarus gammarus
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.590.8731
http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/2/288.full.pdf
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Summary:The Norwegian fishery for the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) collapsed between 1960 and 1980, to,10 % of its pre-1960 level, and since then the spawning stock seems to be too low to generate good recruitment. In 1998, a project to evaluate the feasibility and effect of protecting berried female lobsters as a management restriction was initiated. The study area selected was previously an important fishing ground in Kvitsøy off southwestern Norway, and 125 000 hatchery-reared juveniles were released

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