An experimental assessment of the impact of gear saturation on an abundance index for an exploited rock lobster resource

Fisheries Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 453-465

  Groeneveld, Johan C ^a   Butterworth, Douglas S ^b   Glazer, Jean P ^a   Branch, George M ^b   Cockcroft, Andrew C ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Fishing effort; Gear saturation; Lobster fisheries; Palinurus gilchristi; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; LOBSTER FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DECAPODA; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PALINURUS; PALINURUS GILCHRISTI;

EID: 0346584870     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.09.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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