A case history of effective fishery management: Chesapeake bay striped bass

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 356-375

  Richards, R Anne ^a   Rago, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

MORONE SAXATILIS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0032863297     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0356:ACHOEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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