Spatial distribution of catch and effort in a fishery for snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio): Tests of predictions of the ideal free distribution

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 897-909

  Swain, Douglas P ^a   Wade, Elmer J ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CRAB FISHERY; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CHRISTIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJIDAE; OPILIO;

EID: 0344065529     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-076     Document Type: Review

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