Spawning season influences on commercial catch rates: Computer simulations and Plectropomus leopardus, a case in point

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1096-1108

  Fulton, Elizabeth ^a   Kault, David ^a   Mapstone, Bruce ^a   Sheaves, Marcus ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SPAWNING;

ACTINOPTERYGII; EPINEPHELINAE; LEOPARDUS; MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0033507278     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-56-6-1096     Document Type: Article

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