Measuring fishing capacity and utilization with commonly available data: An application to Alaska fisheries

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 29-39

  Felthoven, Ronald G ^a   Hiatt, Terry ^a   Terry, Joseph M ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING VESSEL; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942637586     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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