Environmental influences on Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) catch per unit effort in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-100

  Vanderlaan, Angelia S M ^a,b,d   Hanke, Alex R ^a   Chassé, Joël ^c   Neilson, John D ^a  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch per unit effort; Cold intermediate layer; Delta lognormal models; Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence; Thunnus thynnus; Tuna; Water mass characteristics

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FEEDING; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUNA FISHERY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84888871412     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12049     Document Type: Article

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