Characterizing uncertainty in fish stock assessments: The case of the southern New England-mid-Atlantic winter flounder

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-569

  Rothschild, Brian J ^a   Jiao, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHING MORTALITY; FLATFISH; HEURISTICS; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 79957939201     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.581979     Document Type: Article

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