Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort and National/Regional Data Sets

Spanish Fisheries in ICES Area VIII, 1950-1999
Ernesto López Losa
Department of Economic History, The University ofthe Basque Country

Abstract

The following report discusses the main data discrepancies between the catch datasets from ICES and Spanish national statistics, and explores the reasons behind these differences. Furthermore, a summary of major fisheries off the north coast of Spain (ICES area VIII) is provided, together with catch summaries.

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