North Atlantic fishery management systems: A comparison of management methods and resource trends

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 20, Issue SPEC., 1996, Pages 3-117

  Halliday, R G ^a   Pinhorn, A T ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundfish; Management; North Atlantic; Stock

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345230812     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/j.v20.a1     Document Type: Review

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