Application of the sex-specific age-structured assessment method for swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the North Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-300

  Wang, Sheng Ping ^a   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Punt, André E ^b   Yeh, Su Zan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

North Pacific; Sex specific age structured assessment method; Stock assessment; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33947214611     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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