The fisheries history of small pelagics in the Northern Mediterranean

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: van Beveren, Elisabeth, Fromentin, Jean-Marc, Rouyer, Tristan, Bonhommeau, Sylvain, Brosset, Pablo, Saraux, Claire
• Other Authors: MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: age; anchovy; atlantic; dynamics; fish; fish landings; fluctuations; Gulf of Lions; historical time series; landings; mackerel; multidecadal oscillation; populations; Sardine; variability; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; Rhone; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-01926441; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw023

International audience Since 2007, the biomass of sardine and anchovy in the NW Mediterranean has remained persistently low, whereas the biomass of the commercially low-valued sprat has exploded. Also, simultaneous decreases in condition, size, and/or age of these populations were observed. Altogeth...