Hand Grappling Blue Catfish in the Main Channel of a Mississippi River

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1019-1024

  Jackson, Donald C ^a   Francis, Jay M ^a,b   Ye, Qifeng ^a,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CATFISH; CAPTURING; CATCH RATE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

MISSISSIPPI; TALLAHATCHIE RIVER; USA;

EID: 0031425466     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<1019:HGBCIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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