Behavioral inferences from regulatory observer data: Catch rate variation in the Scotian Shelf silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) fishery

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-296

  Gillis, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CATCHABILITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIAN SHELF;

GADIFORMES; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0033031046     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-166     Document Type: Article

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