Using an empirical traffic light procedure for monitoring and forecasting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence fishery for the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio

Fisheries Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-145

  Caddy, J F ^a   Wade, E ^b   Surette, T ^b   Hebert, M ^b   Moriyasu, M ^b  

^a Universidad Marista de Merida   (Mexico)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Indicators; Snow crab; Traffic light

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; MONITORING; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CHIONOECTES; OPILIO;

EID: 24944561384     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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