History of fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic: The 500-year perspective

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 23, Issue , 1998, Pages 41-73

  Lear, W H ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cod; Historical overview; Newfoundland area; Northwest Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FISHING INDUSTRY; GADOID FISHERY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0032466869     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v23.a4     Document Type: Article

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