Segmentation and fishery characteristics of the mixed-species multi-gear Portuguese fleet

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-606

  Duarte, Rafael ^a   Azevedo, Manuela ^a   Afonso Dias, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fleet segmentation; Mixed fisheries management; Multi gear; Multispecies; Non hierarchical cluster analysis; Regression trees

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH; FISHERY; FISHING GEAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 64949194258     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp019     Document Type: Article

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