The limits of exploitation: A precautionary approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Myers, R A ^a,b   Mertz, G ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of maturity; Age of recruitment; Biological limit of exploitation; Collapse of fish stocks; Exploitation; Fishing mortality; Mortality; Recruitment; Reference fishing mortality; Ricker model; Spawner; Stock recruitment relationships

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; FISH STOCK; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; MODELLING;

EID: 0031881507     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2641375     Document Type: Review

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