Using the LBB Method for the Assessments of Seven Fish Stocks From the Yangtze Estuary and Its Adjacent Waters

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 8
• Main Authors: Wang, Yuanchao, Liang, Cui, Xian, Weiwei, Wang, Yibang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 15.06.2021; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Biomass; Bottom trawling; Catch per unit effort; Clupeoid fisheries; Commercial fishing; data limited; Estuaries; Estuarine dynamics; Fish; Fish stocks; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Fishery resources; Fishing; Fishing effort; Fishing pressure; growth patterns; Historical account; History; LBB; Length; Licenses; Reference points (fishery); Setipinna tenuifilis; Stock assessment; stock status; Sustainable fisheries; Trawling; Yangtze estuary; East China Sea; Yellow Sea; China

The status of fishery resources in the Yangtze estuary and its adjacent waters is still unclear for the effective implementation of fishery management strategies. To help address this gap, a new method especially for data-limited fish stocks (LBB) was applied to assess seven commercially and ecotrop...