Management options for the Blackwater herring, a local spring-spawning stock in the Thames Estuary

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-307

  Roel, Beatriz A ^a   O'Brien, Carl M ^a   Basson, Marinelle ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age based methods; Fishery management; Multi annual TAC; Recruitment; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY REGULATION; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 2342462909     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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