Seascape genetics in support of sustainable fisheries management of flatfish

• Main Author: Vandamme, Sara
• Other Authors: Volckaert, Filip; U0006527;, Maes, Gregory; U0033033;
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Seascape genetics; Comparative; Flatfish; Common Fisheries Policy; Phylogeography; Boundary Organisation; Huxley; Kattegat; Northeast Atlantic; Turbot
• Online Access: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/437571; https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/437571/1//sara_vandamme_doctoraat_online_versie.pdf

In 1883, Thomas Huxley put forward that all the great sea fisheries are inexhaustible. This illustrates the classical notion that marine environments tend to be demographically ‘open’ without any chance of complete extinction. Such belief was based on the wide distribution of many marine species wit...