Restocking Depleted Wild Stocks-Long-Term Survival and Impact of Released Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra) on Depleted Wild Populations in New South Wales, Australia

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 321-340

  Chick, Rowan C ^a,b   Worthington, Duncan G ^a,c   Kingsford, Michael J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AMBRAD Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

experimental controls; fishery; management; rebuilding; stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887933652     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2013.837278     Document Type: Article

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