Grey seal predation impairs recovery of an over-exploited fish stock

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 969 - 979
• Main Authors: Cook, Robin M., Holmes, Steven J., Fryer, Robert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.08.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal populations; Aquatic ecology and freshwater management; Bayesian modelling; Biomass; Cod; Fisheries management; fishery management; grey seals; Marine ecology; Marine mammals; misreported catch; mortality rate; Predation; stock assessment; Scotland

1. Grey seal prédation has been blamed by fishers for the decline of Atlantic cod stocks and has led to calls for seal culls. In the West of Scotland, estimates of cod consumption by seals have exceeded reported catches and spawning biomass, focussing attention on the interaction between fishers and...