Efficacy of harvest and minimum size limit regulations for controlling short-term harvest in recreational fisheries

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 258-267

  van Poorten, B T ^a   Cox, S P ^a   Cooper, A B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harvest; Harvest limit; Management regulation; Minimum size limit; Random forest; Recreational angling

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; HARVESTING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875055146     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2012.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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