Fisheries stock assessment and decision analysis: The Bayesian approach

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-63

  Punt, André E ^a   Hilborn, Ray ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACH; DECISION ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 0030810587     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018419207494     Document Type: Article

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