Assessing changes in size at maturity for the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in Atlantic Iberian waters

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Lojo, Davinia, Cousido-Rocha, Marta, Cerviño, Santiago, Dominguez-Petit, Rosario, Sainza, María, Pennino, Maria Grazia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2022
• Subjects: North Atlantic Oscillation; life history; reproductive traits; relative condition factor; southern European stock; Oscilación del Atlántico Norte; historia de vida; rasgos reproductivos; factor de condición relativa; población del sur de Europa; Hake; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1935; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05287.046

European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is a commercially important resource in Iberian Atlantic waters. Despite the recovery plan implemented in 2006 and the multiannual management plan for western waters, fishing mortality is still higher than that corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield for...