European hake (Merluccius merluccius) stock structure in the Mediterranean as assessed by otolith shape and microchemistry

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Morales-Nin, Beatriz, Pérez-Mayol, Silvia, MacKenzie, Kirsteen, Catalán, Ignacio Alberto, Palmer, Miquel, Kersaudy, Thibault, Mahé, Kélig
• Other Authors: Govern de les Illes Balears, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Merluccius merluccius; Population; Sagittal otolith; Shape; Geotags; Mediterranean Sea; Hake; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282450; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106419; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339

The European hake Merluccius merluccius is the third most valuable species for the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean fisheries. European hake has been rated as overexploited in the Mediterranean, thus careful management is advisable. Mediterranean hake is well-differentiated from Atlantic ha...