The aim of this chapter is to review the biology and fishery, including the management, of
European hake in the north-east Atlantic. The European hake is widely distributed …

1. The intensive exploitation of fish communities often leads to substantial reductions in the
abundance of target species, with ramifications for the structure and stability of the …

The implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is directing
European marine research towards the coordinated and integrated assessment of sea …

This paper deals with the diets of blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou (Risso 1810), hake
Merluccius merluccius (L. 1758), horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus (L. 1758), and …

Abstract Woillez, M., Poulard, JC., Rivoirard, J., Petitgas, P., and Bez, N. 2007. Indices for
capturing spatial patterns and their evolution in time, with application to European hake …

Difficulties in age estimation for hake (Merluccius merluccius) have hampered the
assessment of stocks. Here, we describe new, agreed ageing criteria based on the …

The Cantabrian Sea shelf ecosystem is described using a mass-balance model of trophic
interactions, in order to understand the effects of the different fisheries that operate in this …

Chapter 24. THE BAY OF BISCAY: THE ENCOUNTERING OF THE OCEAN AND THE SHELF
(18b,E) Page 1 ________________ The Sea, Volume 14, edited by Allan R. Robinson and …

Materials฀ and฀ methods The฀ study฀ area฀ is฀ located฀ off฀ the฀ central฀
western฀ coasts฀ of฀ Italy,฀ covering฀ 13,404฀ km2฀ between฀ 20฀ and฀ 700฀ …

Abstract Mahe, K., Amara, R., Bryckaert, T., Kacher, M., and Brylinski, JM 2007. Ontogenetic
and spatial variation in the diet of hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Bay of Biscay and the …