TY - JOUR T1 - Fishing strategy development under changing conditions: examples from the French offshore fleet fishing in the North Atlantic A1 - Holley,Jean-Francois A1 - Marchal,Paul AD - IFREMER, F-62321 Boulogne Sur Mer, France. UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/384/ DO - 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.08.010 KW - Saithe KW - Multivariate analyses KW - Mixed fisheries KW - Fishing strategy KW - Fisheries dynamics KW - Deepwater species N2 - A typology is presented for the French offshore fleet fishing in the North Atlantic. The investigation was carried out separately for all years between 1985 and 2002. Two methods were combined: PCA and cluster analysis. In 1985, most vessels targeted saithe off western Scotland (vessels from Lorient) and in the northern North Sea (vessels from Boulogne and Fecamp). Then, probably because of the decline in biomass of saithe, some vessels started to target deepwater species from the early 1990s. In 2002, some vessels fished exclusively for saithe (>80%), while others targeted mainly deepwater species. In all, 12 fisheries are identified for the period 1985-2002. Results are given of a preliminary investigation trying to identify the external factors (stock biomass, catch limits, price) that may influence the shifts in fishing strategies. Y1 - 2004/12 PB - Elsevier JF - ICES Journal of Marine Science SN - 1054-3139 VL - 61 IS - 8 SP - 1410 EP - 1431 ID - 384 ER -