Inshore stocks of Atlantic cod are important for rebuilding the East Coast fishery

Coastal Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-432

  Wroblewski, Joe ^a   Neis, Barbara ^b   Gosse, Karen ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Fishers' ecological knowledge; Inshore cod stocks; Marine protected areas

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; INSHORE COD STOCKS; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS;

FISHERIES;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 26844581938     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750500217930     Document Type: Review

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