Biological reference points for American lobster (Homarus americanus) populations: Limits to exploitation and the precautionary approach

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1392-1403

  Fogarty, Michael J ^a   Gendron, Louise ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LOBSTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 11444249530     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-140     Document Type: Review

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