Evaluation of dredging effort by the Delaware Bay oyster fishery in New Jersey waters

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 732-741

  Banta, Sarah E ^a,b   Powell, Eric N ^a   Ashton Alcox, Kathryn A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DREDGING; FISHING EFFORT; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0042922360     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M01-074     Document Type: Article

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