Seasonal closure and minimum legal size for barramundi in the Gulf ...
Seasonal closure and minimum legal size for barramundi in the Gulf ...
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Scenario<br />
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0.85<br />
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0.75<br />
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Figure 4<br />
The relative spawner-per-recruit <strong>for</strong> different levels of fish<strong>in</strong>g pressure (proportion<br />
scaled to 1 with Scenario 8 <strong>for</strong> each level of F)<br />
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Spawn<strong>in</strong>g Ratio (Sp 3mon<br />
:Sp 4mon<br />
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Figure 5<br />
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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2<br />
F<br />
Comparative spawn<strong>in</strong>g ratio def<strong>in</strong>ed as <strong>the</strong> spawn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex with a three-month<br />
<strong>closure</strong> divided by <strong>the</strong> spawn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex with a four-month <strong>closure</strong><br />
Technical report prepared <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gulf</strong> f<strong>in</strong>fish review. Not government policy. 16