Assessment and Management of Flatfish Stocks

Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 319-346

  Rice, Jake ^a   Cadrin, Steven X ^b   Clark, William G ^c  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment and management; Fisheries; Flatfish stocks; Population dynamics; Stock size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846655973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470995259.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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