Evaluation of methods for predicting mean weight-at-age: An application in forecasting yield of four haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) stocks in the Northeast Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-73

  Jaworski, Andrzej ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Haddock; Melanogrammus aeglefinus; Weight at age; Yield forecast

Indexed keywords

MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 79952700171     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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