An evaluation of the performance of a harvest strategy that uses an average-length-based assessment method

Fisheries Research

Volumn 134-136, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-51

  Klaer, Neil L ^a   Wayte, Sally E ^a   Fay, Gavin ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Average length; Data poor; Fishing mortality; Harvest strategy; Management strategy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866516350     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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