Influence of environment and fleet dynamics on catch rates of eastern Scotian Shelf cod through the early 1980s

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Gillis, D M ^a   Frank, K T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch rate; Fishing costs; Fishing effort; Ice cover; Ideal free distribution

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; GADOID FISHERY;

(EAST); SCOTIA SEA;

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; LAURENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035001379     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0990     Document Type: Article

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