The longspine thornyhead fishery along the west coast of vancouver island, british columbia, canada: Portrait of a developing fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-140

  Haigh, Rowan ^a   Schnute, Jon T ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA;

SEBASTOLOBUS ALASCANUS; SEBASTOLOBUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 0037297251     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0120:TLTFAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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