Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box

To reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort fell by over 90%,while the exemption fleets of small flatfish beam trawlers,...

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Main Authors:	Beare, Douglas J., Rijnsdorp AD, Blaesberg M, Damm, U., Egekvist J, Fock H, Kloppmann, M., Röckmann C, Schroeder A, Schulze, T., Tulp I, Ulrich C, Hal R. van, Kooten, T. van, Verweij M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	climate agriculture pleuronectes platessa fishery management protected areas
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52069