Biology and management of a multi-sector blue swimmer crab fishery in a subtropical embayment-Shark Bay, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1165-1179

  Harris, David ^a   Johnston, Danielle ^a   Sporer, Errol ^a   Kangas, Mervi ^a   Felipe, Nieves ^a   Caputi, Nick ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

crab biology; data limited fishery; Portunus armatus; preliminary stock assessment; recruitment decline; sustainable catch levels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CRAB FISHERY; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; HARVESTING; LA NINA; MARINE RESOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; SWIMMING; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARMATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NIA; PORTUNUS; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 84870371778     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12038     Document Type: Article

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