Will philopatry in sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, facilitate the use of catch-restricted areas for management of recreational fisheries?

Many adult sea bass (>40 cm total length) tagged between May and October around the coasts of England and Wales have been recaptured close to their respective tagging locations in successive years. Analysis of mark and recapture data sets, for the late 1970s and early 1980s and in 2000–2006, show...

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Published in:Fisheries research 2008-09, Vol.93 (1), p.240-243
Main Authors: Pawson, M.G., Brown, M., Leballeur, J., Pickett, G.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Dicentrarchus labrax
Exploitation
Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.)
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Homing
Management
Marine
Philopatry
Restricted areas
Sea bass
Sea water ecosystems
Synecology
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Summary:Many adult sea bass (>40 cm total length) tagged between May and October around the coasts of England and Wales have been recaptured close to their respective tagging locations in successive years. Analysis of mark and recapture data sets, for the late 1970s and early 1980s and in 2000–2006, show that some 55% of all recaptures were within 16 km of their original release position. This suggests that mortality rates of adult bass in local populations could be reduced by around 50% if a number of carefully selected areas were designated as catch and release only for bass, thus providing a management option with which more and bigger sea bass will be available to recreational sea anglers.
ISSN:0165-7836
1872-6763
DOI:10.1016/j.fishres.2008.03.002