A simulation study to evaluate impacts of uncertainty on the assessment of American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1394-1403

  Chen, Yong ^a   Wilson, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER FISHERY; OVERFISHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 0036433797     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-102     Document Type: Article

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