Transboundary movement of Atlantic istiophorid billfishes among international and U.S. domestic management areas inferred from Mark-recapture studies

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-23

  Orbesen, E S ^a   Hoolihan, John P ^a   Serafy, J E ^a   Snodgrass, D ^a   Peel, E M ^b   Prince, E D ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b The Billfish Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; SCOMBRIDAE; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 52649092891     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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