Failure to eliminate overfishing and attain optimum yield in the New England groundfish fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 226-233

  Rothschild, Brian J ^a   Keiley, Emily F ^a   Jiao, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fishery management; optimum yield; overfishing; performance

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; OVERFISHING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893066549     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst118     Document Type: Article

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