Estimating abundance of pelagic fishes using gillnet catch data in data-limited fisheries: A Bayesian approach

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1019-1033

  Griffiths, Shane P ^a   Kuhnert, Petra M ^a   Venables, William N ^a   Blaber, Stephen J M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; PELAGIC FISH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ISTIOPHORINAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 35349004762     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-073     Document Type: Article

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