From pup production to quotas: Current status of harp seals in the Greenland Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 537-545

  Øigård, Tor Arne ^a   Haug, Tore ^a   Nilssen, Kjell Tormod ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

abundance estimation; aerial photos; age structured population model; harp seals; management; pup production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HARVESTING; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION; QUOTA SYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84896820333     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst155     Document Type: Article

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