A method for evaluating the impacts of fishing mortality and stochastic influences on the demography of two long-lived shark stocks

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1710-1722

  McAuley, Rory B ^a,b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^c   Hall, Norm G ^d  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharhinus obscurus; Carcharhinus plumbeus; Demographic analysis; Fishing mortality; Gauntlet fishery; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SHARK; STOCHASTICITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 44649180091     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm146     Document Type: Article

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