dc.contributor.author | Robinson, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-20T16:23:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-20T16:23:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-01-17 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Robinson, M. (2008). Minimum landing size for northeast atlantic stocks of deep-water red crab, chaceon affinis (milne edwards and bouvier, 1894). ICES Journal of Marine Science 65 (2), 148-154 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1054-3139,1095-9289 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13675 | |
dc.description.abstract | Annual landings of the deep-water red crab (Chaceon affinis) in the NE Atlantic have fluctuated around 1000 t for much of the past decade, but they dropped significantly in 2006. No EU or National Member State legislation governs the harvest of the species, and because of the on-board processing, it is difficult to set a single minimum landing size (MLS) based on carapace width (CW) alone. As the claws are detached during processing and represent the most valuable component of the catch, a supplementary MLS based on claw length (CL) for onshore inspection and enforcement would seem appropriate. Physiological size-at-maturity and morphometric claw data were used to derive primary (CW) and secondary (CL) MLS. All males and females are mature at I 10 and 125 mm CW, respectively, and 50% of females are mature at 109 mm CW. Because of a lack of information relating to the biology, distribution, and fishing mortality of the species, and a doubt as to real landing statistics, a conservative MLS of 120 mm CW and 72 mm CL is suggested, representing the first use of commercial fisheries data to suggest MLS for this otherwise unregulated fishery. | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | ICES Journal of Marine Science | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | chaceon affinis | |
dc.subject | deep-water red crab | |
dc.subject | management | |
dc.subject | minimum landing size | |
dc.subject | geryon-quinquedens | |
dc.subject | cancer-pagurus | |
dc.subject | edible crab | |
dc.subject | sea crabs | |
dc.subject | population | |
dc.subject | cannibalism | |
dc.subject | decapoda | |
dc.subject | fishery | |
dc.subject | england | |
dc.subject | biology | |
dc.title | Minimum landing size for northeast atlantic stocks of deep-water red crab, chaceon affinis (milne edwards and bouvier, 1894) | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/icesjms/fsm189 | |
dc.local.publishedsource | https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/65/2/148/2188764/fsm189.pdf | |
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