Response of upper mississippi river channel catfish populations to changes in commercial harvest regulations

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 848-859

  Pitlo, John ^a  

^a Bellevue Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE COMPOSITION; CATCH STATISTICS; CHANNEL CATFISH; COMMERICAL FISHERY; SPORT FISHERY;

UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER; USA;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS;

EID: 0031426624     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<0848:ROUMRC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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