Coping Strategies to Deal with Environmental Variability and Extreme Climatic Events in the Peruvian Anchovy Fishery

Coping Strategies to Deal with Environmental Variability and Extreme Climatic Events in the Peruvian Anchovy Fishery

The Peruvian anchovy fishery is the largest worldwide in terms of catches. The fishery started during the mid 1950s, and since then it has been highly dependent on natural stock fluctuations, due to the sensitivity of anchovy stocks to ocean-climate variability. The main driver of anchovy stock vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marilú Bouchon, Milena Arias Schreiber, Miguel Ñiquen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-06-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
anchovy fishery
Peru
ENSO
extreme climatic event
climate change
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/3/6/823/

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