Selected papers presented at the Workshop on Biological Reference Points
Subtitle: Rome, 20-21 April 2004
By: edited by Giuseppe Lembo.
Contributors: Lembo, Giuseppe, 1955-; General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Series: Studies and reviews / General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean -- no. 83; Studies and reviews -- no. 83.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9789251056226
Subjects: Fishery management -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses; Fishery management -- Black Sea -- Congresses; Aquaculture -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses; Aquaculture -- Black Sea -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: The workshop stressed that the concept of reference points (RPs) needs to be closely connected to the management objective of concerned fisheries, taking into account various parameters such as maximum sustainable yield, economic and social benchmark and environment concern. Participants stressed the need to define different RPs for each dimension of management or to identify a single RP aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the system, thereby no longer limited to biological aspects. A review of possible approaches to setting RPs and indicators for Black Sea fisheries emphasized the dynamic nature of recent ecosystem changes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: The potential use of indicators, reference points and the traffic light convention for managing Black Sea fisheries / J.F. Caddy; title: Reference points: a bio-economic model based approach / P. Accadia, V. Placenti, M. Spagnolo; title: On the suitability of some indicators from trawl surveys data: Mediterranean geographical sub-area No. 18 / N. Ungaro ... [et al.]; title: Looking for reference points in the Mediterranean swordfish fishery: the case study of the Ligurian Sea / G. Palandri; title: Use of an exploitation rate threshold in the management of anchovy and sardine stocks in the Adriatic Sea / A. Santojanni.