Preliminary assessment of the biology and fishery for the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800), in the southern Arabian Gulf

Fisheries Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-290

  Grandcourt, E M ^a   Al Abdessalaam, T Z ^a   Francis, F ^a   Al Shamsi, A T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Demography; Fisheries; Spanish mackerel; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

FISH BIOLOGY; FISHERY; OTOLITH; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBEROMORUS COMMERSON;

EID: 24944523250     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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