The performance of VPA-based management

Fisheries Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-243

  Punt, A E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Harvest policies; Monte Carlo analysis; Simulation; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; METHOD EVALUATION; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VIRTUAL POPULATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030618992     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(96)00539-5     Document Type: Article

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