Assessment of the South African hake resource taking its two-species nature into account

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-290

  Rademeyer, R A ^a   Butterworth, D S ^a   Plaganyi E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fisheries stock assessment; Hake; Multistocks; Reference set; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MERLUCCIUS CAPENSIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 55649125338     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2008.30.2.7.557     Document Type: Article

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