The impact of marine recreational fishing on key fish stocks in European waters.

Marine recreational fishing (MRF) has been shown to substantially contribute to fishing mortality of marine fish. However, European MRF catches are only quantified for a small number of stocks, so it is unclear whether a significant part of fishing mortality is excluded from stock assessments. This...

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Main Authors: Zachary Radford, Kieran Hyder, Lucía Zarauz, Estanis Mugerza, Keno Ferter, Raul Prellezo, Harry Vincent Strehlow, Bryony Townhill, Wolf-Christian Lewin, Marc Simon Weltersbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6135385?pdf=render