Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-106

  Myers, Ransom A ^a,b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b   Barrowman, Nicholas J ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy of; Atlantic cod; Fishery catch surveys; Fishing moratorium; Gadus morhua; Juvenile mortality; Population collapses; Power analysis; Recruitment vs. fishing mortality; Virtual population analysis

Indexed keywords

COD; FISHERY DISCARDS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE; VIRTUAL POPULATION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0030616815     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0091:WDFSCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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