Rockfish in Puget Sound: An ecological history of exploitation

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1010-1020

  Williams, Gregory D ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^b   Palsson, Wayne A ^c  

^a Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Exploitation; Historical fisheries; Puget Sound; Rockfish; Sebastes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; EXPLOITATION; FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES;

EID: 77953021311     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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