LobStAR launched to get a grip on declining Dutch stocks
Despite natural fluctuations, fishers, divers and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about unexplained structural decline of European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. It has also been determined that while precise stock assessments are essential for understanding these declines and implementing sustainable management, the scientific knowledge on lobster stocks in the Netherlands is lacking.
Despite natural fluctuations, fishers, divers and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about unexplained structural decline of European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. It has also been determined that while precise stock assessments are essential for understanding these declines and implementing sustainable management, the scientific knowledge on lobster stocks in the Netherlands is lacking.
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