Escaping the tyranny of the grid: A more realistic way of defining fishing opportunities

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 631-642

  Branch, Trevor A ^a,d   Hilborn, Ray ^a   Bogazzi, Eugenia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SITE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

HESPERIIDAE;

EID: 21344439804     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-232     Document Type: Article

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