Fish total length measurement error from recreational anglers: Causes and contribution to noncompliance for the Mille Lacs walleye fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 939-951

  Page, Kevin S ^a   Grant, Gerold C ^a   Radomski, Paul ^a   Jones, Thomas S ^a   Bruesewitz, Richard E ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SPORT FISHING;

MILLE LACS COUNTY; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 4344716280     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-158.1     Document Type: Article

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