RT journal article
T1 A software tool for monitoring legal minimum lenght of landings: Case study of a fishery in sourthern  Spain
A1 Cabrera Castro, Remedios
A1 Valero Franco, Concepción
A1 Piniella Corbacho, Francisco
A1 Díaz, C.
A1 Gómez-Cama, M.C.
A1 Soriguer, M.C.
A1 Hernando, J.A.
A2 Biología
A2 Ciencias y Técnicas de la NavegaciónMáquinas y Motores Térmicos y Teoría de la Señal...
A2 Estadística e Investigación Operativa
K1 Minimum legal size
K1 Fisheries management
K1 Sample size
K1 Control of landings
K1 Small scale fisheries
K1 Sourthern Spain
K1 Regulación y gestión de pesquerías
K1 Tallas mínimas
K1 Tallas primera maduración
AB The regulation of minimum legal size(MLS) of catches is a tool widely applied in the management of fisheries resources, although the MLS does not always coincide with the length at first maturit(LFM). The optimization of this management tool requires a series of quality control in fish markets and transportation. A software application has been developed to make the control of the landings of several target species easier and faster. In order to test and make this tool operational,six species of commercial interest were selected: four species of fish hand two species of bivalves. It is proposed to estimate the proportion of illegal specimens in the studied lot from the proportion of illegal individuals found in the samples taken from this lot.The input data for the application are the minimum legal size(MLS) of the species and the total length(TL)of each specimen sampled. The out put data is a statistical summary of the percentage of specimens of size less than the legal minimum(TL<=MLS)withindifferent confidence intervals(90%,95% and 99%). The software developed will serve as a fast,efficient and easy to manage tool that allows inspectors to determine the degree of compliance on MLS control and to make a decision supported by statistical proof on fishing goods.
PB Elsevier
SN 0308-597X
YR 2012
FD 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/14765
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/14765
LA eng
NO Herramienta de interés para el control y la gestión de pesquerías
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026