Evaluation of largemouth bass length limits and catch-and-release regulations, with emphasis on the incorporation of biologists' perceptions of largemouth bass length frequency distributions

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-625

  Radomski, Paul ^a   Anderson, Charles S ^a   Page, Kevin S ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SALMONID; SIZE STRUCTURE; YIELD RESPONSE;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 79954595340     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-055.1     Document Type: Article

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