Management reference points to account for direct and indirect impacts of fishing on marine mammals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 446-473

  Moore, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Carrying capacity; Ecosystem approach; Numerical response; Potential biological removal; Prey depletion; Reference points; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84880311997     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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