Interpreting maturation data for american shad in the presence of fishing mortality: A look at historical data from the york river, Virginia

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1209-1217

  Maki, Kristin L ^a   Hoenig, John M ^a   Olney, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MATURATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 0036862268     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<1209:IMDFAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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