Approaches to the assessment and management of multispecies skate and ray fisheries using the Falkland Islands fishery as an example

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-440

  Agnew, D J ^a   Nolan, C P ^b,c   Beddington, J R ^a   Baranowski, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Falkland Isl Fish Department   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH LIMIT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; YIELD;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

BATHYRAJA ALBOMACULATA; BATHYRAJA BRACHYUROPS; BATHYRAJA GRISEOCAUDA; RAJA FLAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 0034075824     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-264     Document Type: Article

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