Local management of a "Highly migratory species": The effects of long-line closures and recreational catch-and-release for Baja California striped marlin fisheries

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 176-186

  Jensen, Olaf P ^a   Ortega Garcia, Sofia ^b   Martell, Steven J D ^c   Ahrens, Robert N M ^c   Domeier, Michael L ^d   Walters, Carl J ^c   Kitchell, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Marine Conservation Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL FISHING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; ME-XICO; MIGRATORY FISHES; MORTALITY RATE; RECREATIONAL FISHERIES; RELEASE RATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; ANGLING; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRATION; LA NINA; LONGLINING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION; TUNA FISHERY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77957104742     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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