Seamount fisheries: Do they have a future?

Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-144

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a   Clark, Malcolm R ^b   Morato, Telmo ^c,d   Watson, Reg ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^e Sea Around Us Project   (Australia)

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EID: 77950890234     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2010.66     Document Type: Article

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