Was over-exploitation the cause of the decline of the American plaice stock off Labrador and northeast Newfoundland?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-49

  Morgan, M J ^a   Brodie, W B ^a   Kulka, D W ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American plaice; Exploitation; Population decline

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0036276898     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00331-9     Document Type: Article

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