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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 /

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 G...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cort, José Luis (Author), Abaunza, Pablo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:SpringerBriefs in biology.
Subjects:
Animals.
Fishes.
Aquatic ecology.
Marine sciences.
Fresh water.
Biotic communities.
Applied ecology.
Biodiversity.
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.
Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
Marine & Freshwater Sciences.
Ecosystems.
Applied Ecology.
Plants.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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. .