A new role for MSY in single-species and ecosystem approaches to fisheries stock assessment and management

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-32

  Mace, Pamela M ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological reference points; Ecosystem approaches; Fish stock assessments; Fisheries management; Maximum sustainable yield; Precautionary approaches

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035027144     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2979.2001.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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