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Fishery stock dynamics in the Baltic Sea: The dichotomy between total allowable catch limits and spawning stock biomass

Fisheries & Aquatic Life
Volume 32 (2024): Issue 3 (September 2024)
By: Michael J. Rosciszewski-Dodgson and  Giuseppe T. Cirella  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2024-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2545-059X | Journal ISSN: 2545-0255
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 154
Submitted on: Oct 27, 2023
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Accepted on: Oct 27, 2024
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Published on: Feb 2, 2025
Published by: Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
fisheries resources,
ICES,
population size,
stock assessment,
statistical strength
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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