Are Atlantic marlins overfished or endangered? Some reasons why we may not be able to tell

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-543

  Die, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HARVESTING; OVERFISHING; PERCIFORM; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MAKAIRA;

EID: 33846557935     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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