Predicting catches for the Lough Neagh (Northern Ireland) eel fishery based on stock inputs, effort and environmental variables

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-260

  Allen, Michelle ^a   Rosell, R ^b   Evans, D ^c  

^a Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

^b DARD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; eel fishery Lough Neagh; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOUGH NEAGH; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 33746607244     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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