The role of closed areas in rebuilding monkfish populations in the Gulf of Maine

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1326-1333

  Smith, Melissa D ^a   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Yund, Philip O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed areas; Essential fish habitat; Lophius americanus; Monkfish; Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING GROUND; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

LOPHIUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 52449129531     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn137     Document Type: Article

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