Fisheries management for regime-based ecosystems: A management strategy evaluation for the snow crab fishery in the eastern Bering Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 955-967

  Szuwalski, Cody S ^a   Punt, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern Bering Sea; management strategy evaluation; regime shifts; snow crab; stock assessment

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881226546     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss182     Document Type: Article

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