A catch-free stock assessment model with application to goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) off southern Florida

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-101

  Porch, Clay E ^a   Eklund, Anne Marie ^a   Scott, Gerald P ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHING MORTALITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA;

EID: 33644676266     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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