| For a few years now, the landings from the Lorient's industrial fleet have been continually increasing (32,000 tons in 1980, 56,000 tons in 1985). This fleet practices a multispecific exploitation of the international fishery of the west and north of Scotland. The rock salmon (Pollachius virens) is the fleets' target species, its catches of other gadidae are considered secondary. Two of the catches, those of the blue ling (Molva dypterygia) and the ling (Molva molva) have been advancing since the beginning of the decade and in 1985 represented 21% of the total amount in quantity and value landed by the industrial fleet. The objective of this study is to asses the status of these ling resources and examine whether their exploitation can, in the short term,... |
