The illusion of plenty: Hyperstability masks collapses in two recreational fisheries that target fish spawning aggregations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1705-1716

  Erisman, Brad E ^a   Allen, Larry G ^b   Claisse, Jeremy T ^c   Pondella, Daniel J ^c   Miller, Eric F ^d   Murray, Jason H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MBC Applied Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS; PARALABRAX NEBULIFER;

EID: 80054001333     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-090     Document Type: Article

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