Did over-reliance on commercial catch rate data precipitate the collapse of northern cod?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1139-1149

  Shelton, Peter A ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch rate; Cod; Collapse; Model calibration; Population estimation; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

GADOID; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944462165     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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