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Book/Printed Material 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

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Title

  • 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

Summary

  • This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch large spawners in the Strait of Gibraltar thousands of years ago and describes the much more recent overfishing that led to a great reduction in the catches of the trap fishery on the area and the disappearance of the northern European fisheries. It is the first book to relate the overfishing of juvenile fishes in certain areas to the decline of large spawners in other very distant areas, revealing one of the main underlying causes of this decline, which has remained a mystery to the fishing sector and scientists alike for over 50 years. This finding should serve to prevent similar cases from arising in the future.

Names

  • Cort, José Luis. author.
  • Abaunza, Pablo. author.

Created / Published

  • Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

Contents

  • Introduction -- Some characteristics of the bluefin tuna its geographical distribution, areas and fishing systems -- The bluefin tuna catch in the strait of gibraltar, a review of its history -- the present state of traps and fisheries research in the strait of gibraltar -- Bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- Research related to bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- A publication that sheds light on the disappearance of the eastern atlantic bluefin tuna spawner in the 1960s.

Headings

  • -  Applied ecology
  • -  Aquatic ecology
  • -  Biodiversity
  • -  Ecosystems
  • -  Fish
  • -  Freshwater
  • -  Marine sciences
  • -  Wildlife
  • -  Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
  • -  Applied Ecology
  • -  Freshwater & Marine Ecology
  • -  Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Notes

  • -  Description based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
  • -  Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0) (SpringerNature-43708)
  • -  Biomedical and Life Sciences (SpringerNature-11642)

Medium

  • 1 online resource (XI, 123 pages 73 illustrations, 35 illustrations in color.)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019737585

Rights Advisory

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  • Unrestricted online access.
  • Open Access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Cort, José Luis. Author, and Pablo. Author Abaunza. 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 s. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2019. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019737585/.

APA citation style:

Cort, J. L. A. & Abaunza, P. A. (2019) 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 s. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019737585/.

MLA citation style:

Cort, José Luis. Author, and Pablo. Author Abaunza. 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 s. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2019. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019737585/>.