Incorporating ecosystem forcing through predation into a management strategy evaluation for the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-114

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Gulf of Alaska; Management strategy evaluation; Predation; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 73449121037     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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