Population dynamics and fishery benefits of a large legal size of a pelagic sportfish, the Talang queenfish, Scomberoides commersonnianus, in northern Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 74-86

  Griffiths, S P ^a   Fry, G C ^a   van der Velde, T D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carangidae; Recreational fishing; Spawning stock biomass per recruit; Sport fishing; Yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY RISK; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CARANGIDAE; SCOMBEROIDES COMMERSONNIANUS;

EID: 33750314572     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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