Assessing the relative effects of fishing on the New Zealand marine environment through risk analysis

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-270

  Campbell, Marnie L ^a,b   Gallagher, Charmaine ^a  

^a Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Impact; New Zealand; Orange roughy; Protected species; Relative risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 34447499991     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl032     Document Type: Article

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