Assessing the effectiveness of size limits and escape gaps as management tools in a commercial rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Linnane, Adrian ^a   Penny, Shane ^b   Hoare, Matthew ^a   Hawthorne, Peter ^a  

^a Aquatic Sciences   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escape gaps; Fisheries management; Rock lobster; Size limits

Indexed keywords

HIPPOCREPIS; JASUS EDWARDSII; LOBSTER; MEUSCHENIA; MEUSCHENIA AUSTRALIS; NOTOLABRUS TETRICUS;

EID: 80051663259     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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