Fishing power and standardized catch rates: Implications of missing vessel-characteristic data from the Australian eastern king prawn (Melicertus plebejus) fishery

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 797-809

  Braccini, J M ^a   O'Neill, M F ^a   Campbell, A B ^a   Leigh, G M ^a   Courtney, A J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH STATISTICS; CATCHABILITY; FISHING VESSEL; HISTORICAL RECORD; LINEARITY; PRAWN FISHERY; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALIA;

MELICERTUS PLEBEJUS;

EID: 84860322832     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-023     Document Type: Article

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