Utility of Restrictive Harvest Regulations for Trophy Largemouth Bass Management

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-507

  Dotson, Jason R ^a   Allen, Micheal S ^b   Kerns, Janice A ^b   Pouder, William F ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 84879034271     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2013.769921     Document Type: Article

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