Ghost fishing in the southeast Alaska commercial Dungeness crab fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 422-431

  Maselko, Jacek ^a   Bishop, Gretchen ^b   Murphy, Peter ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; CRAB FISHERY; GHOST FISHING; HARVESTING;

ALASKA; DUNGENESS; ENGLAND; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84876518827     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2013.763875     Document Type: Article

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