Evaluation of a 23-cm minimum length limit for black and white crappies in a small south dakota impoundment

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1364-1368

  Bister, Timothy J ^a,c   Willis, David W ^a   Knapp, Allen D ^b   St Sauver, Todd R ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; SIZE SELECTION; SPORT FISHING;

UNITED STATES;

POMOXIS; POMOXIS ANNULARIS; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 0036860528     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<1364:EOACML>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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