Identifying research priorities for management under uncertainty: The estimation ability of the stock assessment method used for eastern Bering Sea snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 134-136, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-94

  Szuwalski, Cody ^a   Punt, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chionoecetes opilio; Eastern Bering Sea; Estimation ability; Simulation; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84866159855     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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