Do North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) fisheries maintain high catch rates at low stock size?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1800-1813

  Rindorf, Anna ^a   Andersen, Bo Sølgaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GADOID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 51849087190     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-086     Document Type: Article

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