Blue marlin mean length: Simulated response to increasing fishing mortality

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-408

  Goodyear, C Phillip ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Population models; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MAKAIRA; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; VERTEBRATA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0141561920     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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