Collapse and recovery of the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) fishery on Georges Bank
Stone, H.H.; Gavaris, S.; Legault, C.M.; Neilson, J.D.; Cadrin, S.X. (2004). Collapse and recovery of the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) fishery on Georges Bank. J. Sea Res. 51(3-4): 261-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2003.08.004 In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414, more Also appears in:Geffen, A.J.; Nash, R.D.M.; van der Veer, H.W. (Ed.) (2004). Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology, Part II. Port Erin, Isle of Man, 3-7 November 2002. Journal of Sea Research, 51(3-4). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 167-338 pp., more |  |
| Keywords | Collapse
Collapse
Fishery
Management > Resource management > Fishery management
Recovery
Stock assessment
Stocks
Symptoms > Collapse
Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839) [WoRMS]
ANW, Georges Bank [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | yellowtail flounder; Georges Bank; fishery; management; collapse;recovery; closed area |
| Authors | | Top | - Stone, H.H.
- Gavaris, S.
- Legault, C.M.
| - Neilson, J.D.
- Cadrin, S.X.
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| Abstract | Stock biomass of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on Georges Bank was depleted by over-fishing from the 1970s to the mid-1990s, but fishery restrictions have effectively increased survival, and with recent strong recruitment, biomass is rebuilding to historic levels. The decline, collapse and recovery of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder is illustrated by past and present spatial distribution and abundance data from groundfish surveys and trends in exploitation, recruitment, biomass and age composition from recent stock assessments. Evidence for the dominant influence of exploitation on the decline and reduced abundance of this stock and the effectiveness of the current management strategy towards stock rebuilding is illustrated through deterministic simulations and yield per recruit analyses. |
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