Impact of minimum legal size increases on egg-per-recruit production, size structure, and ovigerous females in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) population off the Magdalen Islands (Quebec, Canada): A case study

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 661-674

  Gendron, Louise ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American lobster; Conservation; Egg per recruit production; Homarus americanus; Management

Indexed keywords

OVERFISHING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANADA; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 22944480531     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517343     Document Type: Article

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