Indices of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) abundance derived from sale records of french purse seine catches in the Mediterranean sea

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 329-342

  Labelle, Marc ^a,b   Hoch, Thierry ^a,b   Liorzou, Bernard ^a,c   Bigot, Jean Louis ^a,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Mathematique Appliquee A l'evaluation des Ressources Halieutiques et Aquacoles   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'écologie Halieutique   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance indices; Bluefin tuna; Catch per unit effort; Growth rates; Mediterranean sea; Purse seine; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

THUNNUS THYNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS THYNNUS;

ABUNDANCE; BLUEFIN TUNA; CATCH DATA; PURSE SEINE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031284720     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1997036     Document Type: Article

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