A commentary on western atlantic bluefin tuna assessments

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 838-855

  Sissenwine, Michael E ^a   Mace, Pamela M ^a   Powers, Joseph E ^b   Scott, Gerald P ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

(WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PERCIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS; THYNNUS;

EID: 0031742577     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0838:ACOWAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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