The impact of regime shifts on the performance of management strategies for the gulf of alaska walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) fishery

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2222-2242

  Teresa A'Mar, Z ^a   Punt, André E ^a   Dorn, Martin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY RISK; OVERFISHING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 70849095035     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-142     Document Type: Article

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