TY - BOOK AU - Cort,José Luis AU - Abaunza,Pablo ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay : Its Relationship with the Crisis of Catches of Large Specimens in the East Atlantic Fisheries from the 1960s T2 - SpringerBriefs in Biology, SN - 9783030115456 U1 - 636 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Animal culture KW - Freshwater ecology KW - Marine ecology KW - Water KW - Hydrology KW - Biotic communities KW - Applied ecology KW - Biodiversity KW - Animal Science KW - Freshwater and Marine Ecology KW - Ecosystems KW - Applied Ecology N1 - Introduction -- Some characteristics of the bluefin tuna its geographical distribution, areas and fishing systems -- The bluefin tuna catch in the strait of gibraltar, a review of its history -- the present state of traps and fisheries research in the strait of gibraltar -- Bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- Research related to bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- A publication that sheds light on the disappearance of the eastern atlantic bluefin tuna spawner in the 1960s.; Open Access N2 - This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch large spawners in the Strait of Gibraltar thousands of years ago and describes the much more recent overfishing that led to a great reduction in the catches of the trap fishery on the area and the disappearance of the northern European fisheries. It is the first book to relate the overfishing of juvenile fishes in certain areas to the decline of large spawners in other very distant areas, revealing one of the main underlying causes of this decline, which has remained a mystery to the fishing sector and scientists alike for over 50 years. This finding should serve to prevent similar cases from arising in the future UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11545-6 ER -