The application of small scale fishery closures to protect Atlantic cod spawning aggregations in the inshore Gulf of Maine

Fisheries Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-69

  Armstrong, Michael P ^a   Dean, Micah J ^a   Hoffman, William S ^a   Zemeckis, Douglas R ^b   Nies, Thomas A ^c   Pierce, David E ^d   Diodati, Paul J ^d   McKiernan, Daniel J ^d  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c New England Fish Management Council   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Fine scale management; Gadus morhua; Gulf of Maine; Population structure; Spawning closure

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84877003139     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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