Recreational freshwater angler success is not significantly different from a random catch model

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-208

  Seekell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; CATCH STATISTICS; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM;

CURRENT RIVER; MISSOURI; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 79955596983     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2011.572788     Document Type: Article

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