Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950-2010)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 564-577

  Pham, Christopher K ^a   Canha, Angela ^a   Diogo, Hugo ^a   Pereira, João G ^a   Prieto, Rui ^a   Morato, Telmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; baitfish; catch reconstruction; discards; IUU fishing; small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LONGLINING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; WHALING;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84874773562     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst024     Document Type: Article

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