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Cascading ecological effects of eliminating fishery discards

Discarding by fisheries is perceived as contrary to responsible harvesting. Legislation seeking to end the practice is being introduced in many jurisdictions. However, discarded fish are food for a range of scavenging species; so, ending discarding may have ecological consequences. Here we investiga...

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Autores principales: Heath, Michael R., Cook, Robin M., Cameron, Angus I., Morris, David J., Speirs, Douglas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4024762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24820200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4893