Comparing historical catch rates of American shad in multifilament and monofilament nets: A step toward setting restoration targets for Virginia stocks

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-288

  Maki, Kristin L ^a,c   Hoenig, John M ^a   Olney, John E ^a   Heisey, Dennis M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Post Buckley Schuh and Jernigan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GILLNET; HISTORICAL RECORD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPAWNING POPULATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ALOSA CHRYSOCHLORIS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CLUPEIDAE; MALCOLMIA MARITIMA;

EID: 33845357433     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-025.1     Document Type: Article

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