Exceptional longevity, slow growth and late maturation infer high inherent vulnerability to exploitation for bass groper Polyprion americanus (Teleostei: Polyprionidae)

Exceptional longevity, slow growth and late maturation infer high inherent vulnerability to exploitation for bass groper Polyprion americanus (Teleostei: Polyprionidae)

The bass groper Polyprion americanus is a large demersal teleost (>1.5 m) thatinhabits deep continental and oceanic island slopes (50 to 1000 m). Currently, this species is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN and there is a moratorium on its capture in Brazil.Fishing for this species...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wakefield, Corey, Newman, Stephen, Boddington, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Inter-Research Science Center 2013
Subjects:
Life history · Age · Thin otolith sections · Natural mortality · Spawning period · - Deepwater · Reproduction · Continental slope · Indian Ocean
Online Access:http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ab/v18/n2/p161-174/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17886

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http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ab/v18/n2/p161-174/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17886

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