Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Fishery characteristics and biological reference points for management

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 263-275

  Vaughan, Douglas S ^a   Shertzer, Kyle W ^a   Smith, Joseph W ^a  

^a NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological reference points; Brevoortia patronus; Fishery management; Gulf menhaden; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FECUNDITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BREVOORTIA PATRONUS;

EID: 33845742028     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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