Technological Development and Fisheries Management

Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-174

  Eigaard, Ole Ritzau ^a   Marchal, Paul ^b   Gislason, Henrik ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catchability; fisheries management; fishing mortality; fishing power; fleet capacity; technological development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903526376     PISSN: 23308249     EISSN: 23308257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23308249.2014.899557     Document Type: Review

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