Simulated response to management scenarios in an exploited ecosystem in the Faroe Islands using an Ecosim model ...

• Main Author: Cruz, Luis Ridao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2005 - BB - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Faroe Islands; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25350136; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Simulated_response_to_management_scenarios_in_an_exploited_ecosystem_in_the_Faroe_Islands_using_an_Ecosim_model/25350136

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Faroe Islands situated in the northeastern Atlantic utilize a spatial- and effortbased management system. The fisheries in the Faroe area (ICES Area Vb) can be typified as multigear and multi species, targeting demersal, deep-water and pelagic species. Cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and saithe (Pollachius virens) form the three most important demersal species and the focus of our work. In this study we use the Ecopath with Ecosim routine (EwE), based on a previously constructed Ecopath model and on historical patterns of fishing mortality, catch and relative abundance of several fish species derived from single-species stock assessments to explore management options using the Ecosim routine. Ten years forward projections under different conditions on harvest rates and fleet effort constraints either exploratory or representing an intended fisheries management plan or proposal are examined. A moratorium imposed on ...