Use of length-based models to estimate biological parameters and conduct yield analyses for male Dungeness crab (Cancer magister)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2126-2134

  Zhang, Z ^a   Hajas, W ^a   Phillips, A ^a   Boutillier, J A ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHING MORTALITY; MALE; POPULATION MODELING; YIELD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 17144391147     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-155     Document Type: Article

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