Model averaging to estimate rebuilding targets for overfished stocks

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 544-562

  Brodziak, Jon ^a   Legault, Christopher M ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21344441953     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-199     Document Type: Article

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