Drawing the lines: Resolving fishery management units with simple fisheries data

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1256-1273

  Cope, Jason M ^a,b   Punt, André E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY STATISTICS; MARINE RESOURCE;

EID: 70349548890     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-084     Document Type: Article

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