Recovery of the Bristol Bay stock of red king crabs under a rebuilding plan

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1866-1874

  Kruse, Gordon H ^a   Zheng, Jie ^b   Stram, Diana L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c North Pacific Fishery Management Council   (United States)

Author keywords

bycatch caps; closed areas; eastern Bering Sea; fishery rationalization programme; rebuilding plan; red king crab; total allowable catch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; CRAB FISHERY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION MODELING; RATIONALIZATION; RECOVERY PLAN; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE; TRAWLING;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS;

EID: 78649336787     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq136     Document Type: Article

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