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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Main Authors: Cort, José Luis. author (author), Abaunza, Pablo. author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
Cham : 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Biology,
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430462806719
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. .