History, management, status, and trends in the Louisiana blue crab fishery

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-424

  Guillory, Vincent ^a   Perret, William S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^b Mississippi Bur of Mar Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab fishery; Callinectes sapidus; Louisiana

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031728786     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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