The bioeconomic impact of different management regulations on the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1505-1521

  Bunnell, David B ^a   Lipton, Douglas W ^b   Miller, Thomas J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CRAB FISHERY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PROFITABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84862327917     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-182.1     Document Type: Article

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