Synoptic acoustic and trawl surveys of spring-spawning Atlantic cod in the Gulf of Maine cod spawning protection area

Fisheries Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-61

  Gurshin, Christopher W D ^a   Howell, W Huntting ^b   Jech, J Michael ^c  

^a Normandeau Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Acoustic survey; Atlantic cod; Geostatistics; Spawning stock biomass

Indexed keywords

GADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84876984922     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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