Change in maximum body size for male and female red king crab in Norwegian waters ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. The harvest of the introduced and now commercially valuable red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in northern Norway has a fishery history going back to 1994. The fishery management has undergone several changes, harvest rate b...
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ftdatacite:10.17895/ices.pub.24752727 2024-02-04T10:03:15+01:00 Change in maximum body size for male and female red king crab in Norwegian waters ... Hjelset, Ann Merete Sundet, Jan H. Nilssen, Einar M. 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752727 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Change_in_maximum_body_size_for_male_and_female_red_king_crab_in_Norwegian_waters/24752727 unknown ASC 2014 - Theme session M https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2014/groups ICES Custom Licence https://www.ices.dk/Pages/library_policies.aspx Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management CreativeWork Conference contribution article Other 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752727 2024-01-05T01:56:28Z No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. The harvest of the introduced and now commercially valuable red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in northern Norway has a fishery history going back to 1994. The fishery management has undergone several changes, harvest rate being very low and increasing to very high in the recent 5-10 years. A male-only fishery went on for the first 14 years and since 2008 an additional small quota on female crabs has been given, with the same minimum legal size for both sexes. In this study we investigate effects of increasing harvest rate on the maximum size of both male and female crabs and discuss possible ecological consequences. Varangerfjorden was chosen as a main study area since this is the area of longest fishery history in Norwegian waters, and has been through all stages of the management of the crab fishery. Both the mature male and the ovigerous female part of the stock displayed a reduced maximum size around 1999-2000. A new and ... Conference Object Northern Norway Paralithodes camtschaticus Red king crab Varangerfjord* Varangerfjorden DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Norway Varangerfjorden ENVELOPE(30.000,30.000,70.000,70.000) |
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No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. The harvest of the introduced and now commercially valuable red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in northern Norway has a fishery history going back to 1994. The fishery management has undergone several changes, harvest rate being very low and increasing to very high in the recent 5-10 years. A male-only fishery went on for the first 14 years and since 2008 an additional small quota on female crabs has been given, with the same minimum legal size for both sexes. In this study we investigate effects of increasing harvest rate on the maximum size of both male and female crabs and discuss possible ecological consequences. Varangerfjorden was chosen as a main study area since this is the area of longest fishery history in Norwegian waters, and has been through all stages of the management of the crab fishery. Both the mature male and the ovigerous female part of the stock displayed a reduced maximum size around 1999-2000. A new and ... |
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Change in maximum body size for male and female red king crab in Norwegian waters ... |
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Change in maximum body size for male and female red king crab in Norwegian waters ... |
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Change in maximum body size for male and female red king crab in Norwegian waters ... |
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