The collapse of cod in Eastern Canada: The evidence from tagging data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 629-640

  Myers, R A ^a   Barrowman, N J ^a   Hoenig, J M ^a   Qu, Z ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Station C   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploitation rate; Fishing mortality; Gadus morhua; Mark recapture; Migration; Overfishing; Stock structure; Virtual population analysis (VPA)

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

COD; COD FISHERY; EXPLOITATION; FISH STOCKS; FISHERIES; HISTORICAL DATA; OVERFISHING; STOCK COLLAPSE; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST); CANADA, EAST COAST;

EID: 0029809965     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0083     Document Type: Article

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