Length and age trends of Chinook salmon in the Nushagak River, Alaska, related to commercial and recreational fishery selection and exploitation

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-622

  Kendall, Neala W ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIALIZATION; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY PRODUCTION; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SALMONID FISHERY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; NUSHAGAK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 81855223959     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.585575     Document Type: Article

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