Optimal management of the New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-411

  Doole, Graeme J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anguilla dieffenbachii; Area closure; Fishery management; Longfin eel; Territorial user rights

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EEL; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE POLICY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII;

EID: 33747014276     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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