Fishery ecology and oceanography of the prawn Penaeus merguiensis (de Man) in the Gulf of Papua: Estimation of maximum sustainable yield and modelling of yield, effort and rainfall

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Evans, C R ^a   Opnai, L J ^a   Kare, B D ^a  

^a National Fisheries Authority   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

MSY; Penaeid; Prediction; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS; PENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; DECAPODA;

BANANA PRAWN; FISHERY MODEL; FISHERY MODELS; FISHING EFFORT; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; PRAWN FISHERY; RAINFALL; SHRIMP FISHERIES; YIELD;

GULF OF PAPUA;

EID: 0030618584     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF94222     Document Type: Article

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