Assessment of year class strength in freshwater recreational fish populations

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Cowx, Ian G ^a   Frear, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Recreational fisheries; Stock assessment; Year class strength

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT FISHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2042493782     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2003.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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