Sumaila, Ussif Rashid; Khan, Ahmed; Teh, Louise; Watson, Reg - In: Marine Policy 34 (2010) 3, pp. 495-497
The life spans of demersal species of fishes occurring in deep-waters are much longer and their potential growth rates much lower than those of related shallow water species. As a result, deep-sea demersal fish species are more vulnerable to exploitation. This is because low growth rates...