Estimating the sustainable lobster (Panulirus ornatus) catch in Torres Strait, Australia, using an age-structured stock assessment model

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2160-2167

  Ye, Yimin ^a   Dennis, Darren ^a   Skewes, Tim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Panulirus ornatus; Rock lobster; Sustainability assessment; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MODELING; LOBSTER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

TORRES STRAIT;

LOBSTER; PANULIRUS ORNATUS;

EID: 50849120019     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.034     Document Type: Article

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