Effects of excluding bottom-disturbing mobile fishing gear on abundance and biomass of groundfishes

• 作 者: Briana K.BROWN Elizabeth SOULE
• 机 构: BiologyDepartment
• 出 处: 动物学报
• 发表日期: 2010年1期
• 关键词: 海洋保护区 生物量 银行 渔具 移动 丰度 美国 Effects of fishing Groundfish Gulf of Maine Stellwag
• 基金项目: Acknowledgements We extend our deep gratitude to Maria Abate for her sage editorial advice and for her hard work organizing the EEEF 2008 Conference and this resulting journal issue. We thank Capt. Pa

<正> The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (southern Gulf of Maine, northwest Atlantic) is partially overlappedby the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area (WGMCA). This is a region in which mobile, bottom-disturbing fishing gear has beenbanned