Disruption of an atlantic cod spawning aggregation resulting from the opening of a directed gill-net fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-134

  Dean, Micah J ^a   Hoffman, William S ^a   Armstrong, Michael P ^a  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; GADOID FISHERY; GILLNET; MOVEMENT; SPACE USE; SPAWNING; TAGGING;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84876401818     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2012.663457     Document Type: Article

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