Dynamics of bigeye (Thunnus obesus) and yellowfin (T. albacares) tuna in Hawaii's pelagic fisheries: Analysis of tagging data with a bulk transfer model incorporating size-specific attrition

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-228

  Adam, M Shiham ^a   Sibert, John ^a   Itano, David ^a   Holland, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISHERY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING; TUNA FISHERY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 0037501330     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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