Population biology of coral trout species in eastern Torres Strait: Implications for fishery management

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2129-2142

  Williams, Ashley J ^a   Currey, Leanne M ^a   Begg, Gavin A ^b   Murchie, Cameron D ^a   Ballagh, Aaron C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coral trout; Fish biology; Fishery management; Plectropomus; Population dynamics; Reef fisheries; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CORAL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

TORRES STRAIT;

ANTHOZOA; PLECTROPOMUS; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS; PLECTROPOMUS LAEVIS; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; PLECTROPOMUS MACULATUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 50849095452     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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