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[ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Global Review of Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus Atlanticus), their Fisheries, Biology and Management

This publication is intended to provide a range of stakeholders and interested parties with an understanding of orange roughy fisheries around the world. The report covers historical aspects of the regional development of orange roughy fisheries, biology, stock assessment, ecosystem interactions, and key management issues. Recent developments in science and approaches to management are specifically highlighted with respect to future management of sustainable deepwater orange roughy fisheries. The sustainability of orange roughy fisheries, or other fisheries for long-lived deepwater species, has been widely discussed. These reviews invariably draw on the common global experience of previous poor understanding about orange roughy productivity, rapid development of targeted industrial fisheries, the associated likelihood of overfishing and extended timescales for stock recovery, and an ensuing series of “boom and bust” orange roughy fisheries that frequently resulted in depleted stocks.

4660: Sustainable fisheries management and biodiversity conservation of deep-sea living marine resources and ecosystems in the ABNJ

27 nov. 2018

6.3 MB

report

English

[ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Global Review of Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus Atlanticus), their Fisheries, Biology and Management.pdf