A prospective of the importance of artificial habitat on the management of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Shipp, Robert L ^a   Bortone, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Sea Grant College Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial habitat; Management; Overfishing; Red snapper

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LUTJANIDAE;

EID: 61449253090     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260802104244     Document Type: Article

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