Alternative approach for establishing legal minimum lengths for abalone based on stochastic growth models for length increment data

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 827-831

  Troynikov, V S ^a   Gorfine, H K ^a  

^a Marine/Freshwater Resources Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legal minimum length; Length increment data; Stochastic Gompertz model

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; GASTROPOD FISHERY; GROWTH; MODELING;

HALIOTIS RUBRA;

EID: 0032447374     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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