Assessment of alternative harvest regulations for sustaining recreational fisheries: Model development and application to bull trout

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-34

  Post, John R ^a   Mushens, Craig ^a   Paul, Andrew ^a   Sullivan, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SALMONID; SUSTAINABILITY;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 0037298174     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0022:AOAHRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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