Variable variability: Difficulties in estimation and consequences for fisheries management

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Burrow, Jennifer F ^a   Horwood, Joe W ^b   Pitchford, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Recruitment variability; Statistical model; Stochastic regulation; Stock recruitment relationship

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84876308892     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2012.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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