Changes in yellow perch length frequencies and sex ratios following closure of the commercial fishery and reduction in sport bag limits in southern Lake Michigan

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Lauer, Thomas E ^a   Doll, J C ^a   Allen, P J ^a   Breidert, B ^b   Palla, J ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Overexploitation; Perca flavescens; Population dynamics; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; TRAWL NET;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 38149071715     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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