Consequences of subpopulation structure on fisheries management: Cod (gadus morhua) in the kattegat and Öresund (North Sea)

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-150

  Svedang H ^a   Stal J ^b   Sterner, T ^b   Cardinale, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cod; Eradication; Management policy; Natal homing; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77952314970     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260903511420     Document Type: Article

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