Catch Density: A new approach to Shifting Baselines, stock assessment, and ecosystem-based management

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-234

  Alexander, Karen ^a   Leavenworth, William B ^a   Claesson, Stefan ^a   Bolster, W Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; VESSEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 79955539429     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2010.1063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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