

Author: Marchal Paul Andersen Bo Bromley David Iriondo Ane Mahévas Stéphanie Quirijns Floor Rackham Brian Santurtún Marina Tien Nicola Ulrich Clara
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISSN: 1205-7533
Source: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol.63, Iss.3, 2006-03, pp. : 510-533
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Abstract
The scope of this paper is to quantify, for a wide selection of European fisheries, fishing tactics and strategies and to evaluate the benefits of adjusting the definition of fishing effort using these elements. Fishing tactics and strategies were identified by métiers choices and a series of indices. These indices have been derived to reflect shifts in tactics (within a fishing trip) and in strategies (within a year). The Shannon–Wiener spatial diversity indices of fishing tactics (FT_SW) and strategies (YE_SW) had the greatest impact on catch rates. In particular, FT_SW was always negatively correlated to catch rates. One may anticipate that during a fishing trip, vessels with high FT_SW have been searching fish aggregations for a long time, while vessels with low FT_SW have been more efficient in finding these aggregations. The linkage between YE_SW and catch rates was of a more complex nature. Adjusting fishing effort by means of (
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