Changes in harvest patterns and assessment of possible long-term impacts on yield in the Delaware commercial blue crab fishery

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 469-474

  Cole, Richard W ^a  

^a Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Catch per unit effort; Exploitation rate; Harvest; Spawning stock; Yield

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERY; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031729467     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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