Recommendations for catch-curve analysis

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 956-967

  Smith, Matthew W ^a   Then, Amy Y ^a   Wor, Catarina ^a   Ralph, Gina ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^b   Hoenig, John M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CATCH COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LINEARITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871270829     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2012.711270     Document Type: Article

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