Change-in-ratio estimates of lobster exploitation rate using sampling concurrent with fishing

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1190-1203

  Claytor, Ross ^a   Allard, Jacques ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; FISHING; LOBSTER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

LOBSTER; MARTES;

EID: 0348226739     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-102     Document Type: Article

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