Assessment of salmon stocks and the use of management targets; a case study of the River Tamar, England

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-19

  Hendry, Keith ^a   Sambrook, H ^b   Waterfall, R ^a  

^a APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b South West Water Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation limit; Electronic counters; Rod catch; Salmon Action Plans; Standing crop

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; POPULATION GROWTH; SALMONID FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33846015043     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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