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- Title
The monkfish fishery and its management in the northeastern USA.
- Authors
Haring, Phil; Maguire, J.-J.
- Abstract
Haring, P., and Maguire, J-J. 2008. The monkfish fishery and its management in the northeastern USA. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1370–1379.The domestic monkfish (Lophius americanus) fishery off the northeastern USA is described, along with the management response to the expansion of the fishery and the challenges posed to the management and scientific processes. The US fishery was virtually non-existent in the early 1980s, but it expanded rapidly over the next decade to the point that a management plan became necessary to regulate harvesting. By law, US fishery management plans must include measurable biological reference points based on maximum sustainable yield or a proxy; management plans must stop overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks. For monkfish, the limited biological and historical fisheries information presented significant challenges to science and management and resulted in the adoption of innovative approaches to comply with the law.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LOPHIUS americanus; FISHERIES; FISHERY management; GIANT stargazer; FISH populations; OVERFISHING
- Publication
ICES Journal of Marine Science / Journal du Conseil, 2008, Vol 65, Issue 7, p1370
- ISSN
1054-3139
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icesjms/fsn131