The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay : : Its Relationship with the Crisis of Catches of Large Specimens in the East Atlantic Fisheries from The 1960s.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Biology Series
• Author: Cort, José Luis.
• TeilnehmendeR: Abaunza, Pablo.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; {copy}2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Some Characteristics of the Bluefin Tuna. Its Geographical Distribution, Areas and Fishing Systems -- References -- 3 Two Stocks -- References -- 4 The Bluefin Tuna Catch in the Strait of Gibraltar. A Review of Its History -- 4.1 Over 30,000 Years Ago -- 4.2 Phoenician-Roman Empire -- 4.3 Modern Age -- 4.4 Recent History -- References -- 5 The Present State of Traps and Fisheries Research in the Strait of Gibraltar -- 5.1 Chronology and Description of Two Symposiums and the ICCAT-GBYP Project -- 5.1.1 World Symposium on Bluefin Tuna in Santander (2008) -- 5.1.2 ICCAT-GBYP Project -- 5.1.3 Symposium on Bluefin Tuna Traps Fisheries (ICCAT-GBYP 2011) -- References -- 6 Bluefin Tuna Fishing in the Bay of Biscay -- 6.1 History -- 6.2 The Fishing Itself -- References -- 7 Research Related to Bluefin Tuna Fishing in the Bay of Biscay -- 7.1 Historical Antecedents -- 7.2 Birth and Geographical Origin of Bluefin Tuna in the Bay of Biscay -- 7.3 Migrations in and from the Bay of Biscay -- 7.4 Bluefin Tuna Migrations to and from the Bay of Biscay. Conventional Tagging -- 7.5 Electronic Tagging -- 7.6 Age and Growth of Bluefin Tuna in the Bay of Biscay. Age-Length Key and Length-Weight Relationship -- 7.7 A Fin Ray Sample that Confirms the Nature of Visible Rings -- 7.8 Other Studies on Bluefin Tuna -- 7.9 Official Bluefin Tuna Catches in the Eastern Atlantic (ICCAT, 1950-2016) -- 7.10 Historical Series of Catches in the Bay of Biscay -- 7.11 Biological Sampling. Demographic Structure of Catches -- 7.12 Fishing Effort and Abundance Index -- References -- 8 A Publication that Sheds Light on the Disappearance of the Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Spawner in the 1960s -- References -- 9 Epilogue -- 9.1 Epilogue -- References.