Is the Northern European hake, Merluccius merluccius, management procedure robust to the exclusion of reproductive dynamics?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 123-135

  Murua, H ^a   Quincoces, I ^a   Garcia, D ^a   Korta, M ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological reference points; European hake; Management Strategy Evaluation; Reproductive biology; Reproductive potential

Indexed keywords

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 77953454661     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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