Age and size at maturity are key life-history traits in a fish stock. At the individual level age and size at maturity affect fecundity, growth and survival. At the population level these factors interact to affect age and size distribution, the population dynamics and the productivity of the stock. A...
This paper analyzes the suitability of strong and weak sustainability assessment in the context of fisheries management. This topic is a main stream issue in the field of Ecological Economics, but its application to fisheries is rather ambiguous, although fisheries have been the focus of many pioneering studies related to...