A fishery-independent assessment of an overfished rockfish stock, cowcod (Sebastes levis), using direct observations from an occupied submersible

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1795-1804

  Yoklavich, Mary M ^a   Love, Milton S ^b   Forney, Karin A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAFLOOR; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTES; SEBASTES LEVIS;

EID: 38949092130     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-145     Document Type: Article

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