Contraction of the banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) fishery of Albatross Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Prince, Jeremy D ^a,c   Loneragan, Neil R ^b,c   Okey, Thomas A ^b,d,e  

^a Biospherics   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catchability; Hyperstability; Penaeid; Recruitment overfishing; Shrimp; Stock contraction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; CRUSTACEAN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHRIMP FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ALBATROSS BAY; ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

CARPENTARIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; MOLLUSCA; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 44949210506     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07083     Document Type: Article

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