Exploitation of walleye in a Great Plains reservoir: Harvest patterns and management scenarios

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 522-531

  Quist, M C ^a   Stephen, J L ^b   Lynott, S T ^b   Goeckler, J M ^b   Schultz, R D ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth overfishing; Partial year minimum length limit; Recruitment overfishing

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TAGGING;

GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 78149374263     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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